Phnom Penh bars forced to close, arrests made

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Maybe needed the stock for an upcoming office party
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:32 pm i think a girl from a bar down 104 tested positive for Covid, and thats whats caused the closures
Originally yes. You're not talking about this time?They've been harder on 104 than the others ever since.
104 is the only place that's changed a lot for me with it being absolutely deserted from what I see. Everywhere else is being pretty much same same except that I drink alone. Sort of.
They just have to turn off their outside signage and keep the numbers right down to single digits. Bubble.
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:43 am Police out in force again at Sizzlers Bar, apparently took furniture n stock as punishment

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A few have been opening recently, so I hear. Where is sizzlers anyway? Refresh my memory.
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Doc67 wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:51 am
A few have been opening recently, so I hear. Where is sizzlers anyway? Refresh my memory.
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armchairlawyer wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:55 am
Doc67 wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:51 am
A few have been opening recently, so I hear. Where is sizzlers anyway? Refresh my memory.
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Pseudonomdeplume wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:22 am
Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:32 pm i think a girl from a bar down 104 tested positive for Covid, and thats whats caused the closures
Originally yes. You're not talking about this time?They've been harder on 104 than the others ever since.
104 is the only place that's changed a lot for me with it being absolutely deserted from what I see. Everywhere else is being pretty much same same except that I drink alone. Sort of.
They just have to turn off their outside signage and keep the numbers right down to single digits. Bubble.
Discretion and common sense will buy you some leniency. Blatant disrespect will have you made an example of.
Cant see myself risking a confrontation with the law just so I can go sit and buy a hooker a drink...Plenty of other options at the moment, so until this lunacy stops better to seek alternatives imho. Hopefully, like most other situations here, the cops will just get bored with it all and things will get back to normal. Better to use police resource to arrest grandma's & aunties playing cards in the provinces somewhere - this is the real threat to the fabric of society :roll:
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I'm hearing the new rule is - gatherings must not exceed 15 people.
A plus for the smaller establishments with less staff. But bars may have to close regardless of size.
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armchairlawyer wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:50 am I'm hearing the new rule is - gatherings must not exceed 15 people.
A plus for the smaller establishments with less staff. But bars may have to close regardless of size.
Is this 15 max rule going to be applied to restaurant/bars, or is this going to be the rule for bars to reopen?

Most of those bars haven't seen more than 15 people in them for a very long time.
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ego bibere nimis wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:35 am Plenty of other options at the moment, so until this lunacy stops better to seek alternatives imho.
Please share these "plenty other options" with us all.
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joelightcloud wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:06 am
ego bibere nimis wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:35 am Plenty of other options at the moment, so until this lunacy stops better to seek alternatives imho.
Please share these "plenty other options" with us all.
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