Partygoers fined for flouting Covid-19 rules on Thai island

An immigration officer stand beside a group of people in front of police station attending a court hearing through video conferencing on Koh Phangan island (AP Photo)

More than a hundred participants in a party in a bar on a popular Thai island, including 89 foreigners, received suspended jail terms and fines on Thursday for breaking national coronavirus restrictions.

Police arrested the 109 partygoers in a raid on Tuesday night on the Three Sixty Bar on Koh Phangan in southern Thailand.