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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
National
SUPAPONG CHAOLAN

Fines, suspended jail terms for Koh Phangan partygoers

The 111 people arrested partying in breach of Covid-19 controls at the Three Sixty Bar on Koh Phangan island on Tuesday night were seated well apart when taken to the district office. (Photo: Surat Thani immigration/ Supapong Chaolan)

The more than 100 partygoers caught breaking Covid-19 restrictions at a Koh Phangan bar were fined 4,000 baht each.

They were also each sentenced to one month in prison, suspended for one year.

The bar owner and a staff member were each fined 10,000 baht and sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for one year. 

A total of 109 customers were detained - 89 foreigners (38 men and  51 women) and 20 Thais (7 men and 13 women) - when immigration and tourist police and local officials raided the Three Sixty Bar in Koh Phangan district on Tuesday night.

Forty bottles of beer and whisky and a notepad were seized.

A Russian man said he was at the party because he thought nothing would happen. He apologised to the Thai people. 

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