Pattaya area police and administrators raided a South Pattaya gay bar packed with maskless men long after legal closing times.
Banglamung Deputy District Chief Pornchai Sungeid led the team of officers in the 2:30 a.m. raid on the Casanova Club on Soi Khopai early April 5.
The music, karaoke and pool bar was shoulder-to-shoulder with men and transgender women, none of whom were seen wearing face masks or practicing social distancing.
The raid came as a new cluster of coronavirus cases in Bangkok’s trendy Thonglor and Ekamai area has spread more than 150 Covid-19 cases around the country – including seven in Chonburi – and prompted yet another shutdown of bars in the capital.
The club’s manager was charged with operating after hours, violating the emergency decree, license offense and health code violations.
