89 travelers were arrested in a Thailand bar raid for violating covid-19 restrictions
Shannon McMahon, The Washington Post
Jan. 29, 2021
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Thai police arrested 109 people on Tuesday after raiding an illegal bar party on the island of Koh Phangnan. Eighty-nine of the arrests were visitors from 10 foreign countries, including the United States, Britain, Switzerland and Denmark, according to the Associated Press.
The partygoers received suspended one-month jail terms, which will not apply if they exhibit good behavior for one year, and $130 fines via videoconferenced hearings on Thursday. According to CNN, 10 Americans were in attendance, and all of the partygoers tested negative for the coronavirus after arrest.
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22 Arrested party-goers seated well apart, after the raid on the Three Sixty Bar on Koh Phangan island, Surat Thani province, on Tuesday night. (Photo: Surat Thani immigration/ Supapong Chaolan)
SURAT THANI: More than 100 people partying in contravention of Covid-19 retrictions were arrested when police and local officials raided a nightspot on Koh Phangan on Tuesday night
A team of immigration and tourist police and local officials converged on the Three Sixty Bar in Koh Phangnan district around 9.30pm.
They found Thais and foreigners crowded inside the premises, where music was playing and food and alcoholic drinks being served.
A total of 109 party-goers were detained - 89 foreigners (38 men and 51 women) and 20 Thais (7 men and 13 women).