Chon Buri police and immigration police arrested 19 Chinese early Wednesday for allegedly running an online gambling den from a condominium in Pattaya.

A deputy district chief for security in Chon Buri’s Muang district admitted on August 28 that he was unable to stop his subordinate – a defence volunteer – from punching a street-racing suspect several times while he was receiving treatment at Burapha University Hospital on the night of August 18.

A German tourist was killed when he fell from the 15th floor of a condominium in Pattaya Thursday morning.

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan said he has ordered the Tourism Authority of Thailand to use Pattaya as a model to study the benefits of delaying closing hours of pubs and bars until 4am.