His comment followed the sub-panel meeting to consider whether this method of beer sales represented an infringement of the law, and to issue clear directives to all those stores selling beer. He said this resolution was only about the 7-Eleven stores, not about other companies’ stores that had not yet been inspected. Dr Nipon Chinanonwait, director of the Disease Control Department’s Office of the Alcohol Beverage, had said a sub-panel led by Dr Vitoon intended to discuss the matter so as to issue clear directives to all stores selling beer. Just hours earlier, CP All announced that it would stop selling draft beer via dispensing machines at its 7-Eleven convenience stores following opposition by anti-alcohol protesters. Anti-alcohol advocates, including those from those two networks, also submitted a request on Monday for Central Family Mart Co executives to review their own beer sales via dispensing machines at the Family Mart convenience stores.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 10, 2017 18:00 UTC