Go-go dancers banned from entertaining coup
troops
Bangkok - Thai coup leaders have banned go-go girls from dancing
near tanks and troops on Bangkok streets as a distraction from the
serious business of power, a spokesman said this week.
"It is not appropriate to entertain soldiers while they are on
duty," Colonel Acra Tiprote told Reuters after a troupe of 10 women
in tight camouflage vests and shorts posed with soldiers and tanks
while making a music video.
"People should differentiate between entertainment and seriousness.
A coup is not entertaining," Acra said, although the tanks sent in
to lead Thailand's first coup in 15 years had turned Bangkok into a
carnival-type attraction.
Thais and foreign tourists flocked to the Army Headquarters to take
picture with tanks and soldiers. Many gave soldiers flowers or food
and drink.