Police threaten actions against football fans for lighting up fireworks in stadium

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016
Police threaten actions against football fans for lighting up fireworks in stadium

Metropolitan Police chief Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathavorn Sunday threatened to take drastic legal actions against Thai fans who lit up fireworks during the second led of AFF Suzuki Cup championship event on Saturday.

Sanit said police had learned that the group called itself the Ultras Thailand but the group members concealed their faces.
He said the group smuggled fireworks into the stadium by handing them in other cheering gears.
The group lit up the fireworks of the Thai national team scored the first goal. Red flare and thick smokes were seen over a spot of the stand.
Sanit said police were checking for more information to try to pinpoint the group members to take against them.