THAI MOONSHINE
April 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEFIVE hundred whisky producers in Thailand have been threatened with arrest after they protested against laws they say discriminate against small-scale liquor producers. The men set up their bootleg equipment in the centre of the town of Buri Ram and sold it publicly, in defiance of police. The producers are demanding the abolition of the 1950 Whiskey Act that bans the production of small-scale rice liquor. According to the Act, independent producers require capital of US$46,000 - an astronomical sum for a Thai villager. There were hopes that a move ...
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