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Drunk driving victims slam push for 4am nightspot closing

Campaigners against drunk driving hold a rally against a Bhumjaithai Party-pushed plan to allow nightspots in some areas to stay open until 4am, outside Government House on Friday. (Photo: Network for the Quality of Life Facebook account)

A proposal to allow entertainment venues in tourist areas to stay open until 4 am is running into fierce opposition from anti-drunk driving activists amid worries that longer drinking hours would lead to more deaths on roads.

Sixty members of the Network for the Quality of Life assembled outside Government House on Friday to condemn the plan and demand the government reject it.

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