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- Foreigners working illegally – Russian, Turk arrested for working without permits on Koh Phangan
Tourist police arrested a Russian man and a Turkish man for working without permits on Koh Phangan on Thursday. A
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Tourist police arrested a Russian man and a Turkish man for working without permits on Koh Phangan on Thursday.
A 34-year-old Russian was arrested in front of an eatery in Moo 1 village while installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) and audio-visual systems.
Police seized CCTV cameras, conduit pipes, wires and a tool set from him.
He told police that he was employed as a marketing manager of a company earning 41,300 baht per month. His employer also assigned him additional work in audio-visual installations, bringing his total monthly income to 70,000-100,000 baht.
In a separate operation, a 45-year-old Turkish national was arrested at a shop in Moo 8 village while using a drill to install electronic devices. He said he accepted the job because his employer promised him a stake in the business.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | A foreigner installs a CCTV system outside an eatery on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, on Thursday before being arrested for working without a permit. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
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19 September 19 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4709 - Foreigners working illegally – Burmese barber arrested on Koh Phangan island
Thai police recently apprehended an illegal Burmese national working as a barber in Koh Phangan, earning nearly 50,000 baht monthly.
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Thai police recently apprehended an illegal Burmese national working as a barber in Koh Phangan, earning nearly 50,000 baht monthly. The arrest took place following reports of foreign workers taking jobs from locals.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Winij Boonchit received a tip about an unauthorised foreign worker and led a team to arrest 20 year old Wai Yan Kyaw at an unregistered residence in Koh Phangan. The officers confiscated a full set of barber tools.
Kyaw faces charges of entering and staying in Thailand without permission and working without a valid work permit. He was handed over to Koh Phangan police for further legal proceedings.
Kyaw admitted to working as a barber for a year, primarily serving foreign and Burmese clients. He advertised his services in Burmese and English on the Facebook group ‘Koh Phangan Jobs‘ under the name ‘Hair Cut Wai Yan Kyaw‘.
Prices varied based on the hairstyle, starting at 300 baht. Kyaw moved locations based on client appointments, with clients covering fuel costs for the travel. His daily earnings ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 baht, amounting to a monthly income of 30,000 to 45,000 baht, depending on the number of customers.
Kyaw confessed to entering Thailand illegally through Ranong province, paying a fee of 20,000 baht to an unidentified Thai individual for assistance, reported KhaoSod.
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17 September 17 2024Full Moon Partyhttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4705 - Australian rape suspect arrested on Koh Phangan island
A 62-year-old Australian man has been arrested on Koh Phangan in connection with 15 sexual abuse and rape cases in
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A 62-year-old Australian man has been arrested on Koh Phangan in connection with 15 sexual abuse and rape cases in his country.
Police arrested Helio Taiyang Richardson at a resort on the tourist island on Thursday after receiving an Interpol red notice for him.
Mr Richardson is accused of multiple sexual assaults and rapes in a total of 15 cases in Australia dating back to 2017.
Police said he entered Thailand on June 16 with a tourist visa that he renewed for another 30 days, which expired on Aug 15. He had also applied for a retirement visa but that decision was put on hold after Immigration police received the red notice from Interpol.
Mr Richardson will be deported to face multiple charges in home country Australia, police said.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | Immigration officers question an Australian man on Koh Phangan on Thursday following his arrest on an international warrant in connection with multiple sexual assaults and rapes in his home country. (Photo: Surapong Chaolan)
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15 September 15 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4701 - Foreigners working illegally – Canadian masseur arrested on Koh Phangan island
A Canadian man who provided massage therapy services on Koh Phangan has been arrested for working in an occupation reserved
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A Canadian man who provided massage therapy services on Koh Phangan has been arrested for working in an occupation reserved for Thai nationals.
Tourist police and immigration officers arrested Ky Jablonowski, 48, during a raid on a room at Kissmoon Village resort on the tourist island on Friday.
Officers seized his massage bed. As he appeared to be acting suspiciously, officers searched him and found a sachet of MDMA in his pants pocket. He said a friend gave him the drug while they went out together.
During questioning, he told the officers that he had been working as a massage therapist and also taught massage. His fees were 3,000 baht per session. He had a website and also took bookings for massage services and courses on WhatsApp.
Mr Jablonowski was charged with working in an occupation not permitted for foreign nationals and possession of a category 1 drug. He was handed over to the Koh Phangan police station for legal action.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | Canadian massage therapist Ky Jablonowski (left) answers questions following his arrest while providing a massage in his resort room on Koh Phangan on Friday. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
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8 September 08 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4697 - Foreigners working illegally – Austrian tour guide arrested on Koh Phangan island
An Austrian man has been arrested for allegedly working as a tour guide on Koh Phangan in this southern province.
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An Austrian man has been arrested for allegedly working as a tour guide on Koh Phangan in this southern province.
Tourist police said they arrested the man, identified only as Guenter, at an eatery on the island on Wednesday. He was accompanied by two foreign tourists and was driving a Toyota Hilux Revo pickup truck registered in Surat Thani.
During questioning, Guenter admitted to running an illegal tour guide service, charging each client 2,000 baht. He had been providing the service for two years.
The two tourists said they were referred to the Austrian by a German friend through a chat application. Guenter had picked them up from their hotel earlier that day and taken them to several attractions, including Bottle Beach Viewpoint, Than Sadet waterfall and Samai Kongka temple. The total fee for the tour was 4,000 baht.
The Austrian faces charges of working without a permit and illegally operating as a tour guide.
In Thailand, a number of jobs, including tour guides, are restricted to Thai citizens only.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | Tourist police on Koh Phangan pose for pictures with the Austrian man, seated, following the arrest on Wednesday. (Photo: police)
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8 September 08 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4692 - Foreigners working illegally – British man arrested for illegal Botox Clinic on Koh Phangan
On Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province, police on Monday arrested Thomas Foley, 42, at a rented house for illegally
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On Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province, police on Monday arrested Thomas Foley, 42, at a rented house for illegally operating a clinic, selling medicine, possessing unregistered medicine and working without a permit. It is alleged he illegally provided cosmetic “filler” injections.
Police seized cosmetic products worth about 3.5 million baht.
Mr Foley was being held pending further legal action.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | Officials search the rented house where Thomas Foley allegedly provided a cosmetic injection service on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, on Monday. (Police photo)
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4 September 04 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4689 - Foreigners working illegally – Russian, Ukrainian illegally renting out vehicles on Koh Phangan
An elderly Russian and a young Ukrainian man were arrested on Sunday for illegally offering vehicles for rent on Koh
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An elderly Russian and a young Ukrainian man were arrested on Sunday for illegally offering vehicles for rent on Koh Phangan island.
Tourist police and local officials arrested the 60-year-old Russian man at an unregistered house, and impounded a Mazda CX-3 car, in Moo 1 village. The 18-year-old Ukrainian was apprehended at a hotel parking lot, and a motorcycle impounded.
According to police, the Russian admitted offering the car for lease on the Telegram chat app and charging 15,000 baht per month. The car was registered in Surat Thani. His clients were Russians.
The Ukrainian said he was a student and wanted to generate income through renting out a Yamaha Xmax motorcycle registered in Lop Buri province. He also used the Telegram app. He charged clients from 399-10,000 baht, depending on the rental period.
Both were charged with working in Thailand without a permit.
Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | The Ukrainian man is arrested with the rental motorcycle on Sunday. Read the full story at Bangkok Post – Russian, Ukrainian caught illegally renting out vehicles which was brought to us by Google Alerts.
Photo credit @ Bangkok Post | Police impound the rental car during the arrest on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani on Sunday
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4 September 04 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4684 - Life Sentence for Daniel Sancho over grisly murder on Koh Phangan Island
The Samui Provincial Court on Thursday jailed for life the son of Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho for the high-profile murder
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The Samui Provincial Court on Thursday jailed for life the son of Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho for the high-profile murder and dismembering of a Colombian man last year on the popular tourist island of Koh Phangan.
The court found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 30, guilty of the premeditated murder of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44, whose body was cut up and concealed by the accused, a court statement said.
Daniel Sancho is the son of Rodolfo Sancho, who starred in “El Ministerio del Tiempo” (The Ministry of Time) and actress Silvia Bronchalo. He pleaded guilty to concealing the victim’s body, but denied premeditated murder, the court said.
Throughout the trial, Sancho had maintained the August 2023 killing of Arteaga, a plastic surgeon, was an act of self-defence, according to Thai media reports. His lawyer declined to comment when contacted by Reuters on Thursday.
Sancho was a chef on holiday in Thailand at the time of the incident, local media said.
Silvia Bronchalo walks to attend the Samui Provincial Court in Koh Samui disitrict in Surat Thani province on Thursday, before the court jailed for life her son, Daniel Sancho Bronchalo. (Photo: Reuters)
The court initially sentenced him to death but reduced that to life imprisonment due to the account he gave of the events during cross examination. He was ordered to pay the victim’s family 4.42 million baht in compensation.
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Photo credit @ A Thai police officer escorts Spanish Daniel Sancho Bronchalo on suspicion of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon from Koh Phagnan island to Koh Samui Island court, southern Thailand, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Somkeat Ruksaman)
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31 August 31 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4678 - Beach vendor arrested for selling laughing gas at Full Moon Party Koh Phangan without permit
A shop owner on Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held, was arrested for selling balloons filled with
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A shop owner on Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held, was arrested for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, without a permit.
Police apprehended Rangsiman Jaisamer, 29, at his shop on Haad Rin in tambon Ban Tai early Thursday morning for selling laughing gas-filled balloons to beachgoers.
Officers found two cylinders of laughing gas and several balloons believed to have been intended for retail sales in his shop.
Mr Rangsiman, who reportedly confessed to the crime, said that he had profited from the rising price of the gas as authorities intensified their crackdown on the illegal sale of nitrous oxide.
Nitrous oxide is a colourless, non-flammable gas used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic effects. Better known as laughing gas due to the euphoric effects it produces after inhalation, the gas has long been used by partygoers.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post Police Photo | A sign displays the price of laughing gas in balloons, which were illegally sold at the raided shop on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, early Thursday morning
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25 August 25 2024Full Moon Partyhttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4675 - Myanmar shopowner arrested for selling smuggled goods on Koh Phangan Island
A Myanmar woman has been arrested for illegally operating a grocery store and selling contraband cigarettes and other smuggled goods
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A Myanmar woman has been arrested for illegally operating a grocery store and selling contraband cigarettes and other smuggled goods on the popular tourist island of Koh Phangan.
Local officials, immigration and local police officers raided the shop on Wednesday and arrested the owner, Aye Ae Khaing Oo, aged 36 years.
They found and impounded a range of contraband goods, including instant noodles, canned fish, coffee and foreign cigarettes.
The woman was charged with being a foreign national running a business without permission.
Two Myanmar men were also arrested at the shop. Soe Min Niang, 27, was charged with working outside the terms of his work permit, and Phyo Wai Soe, 28, a customer, was charged with illegal entry.
All three were handed over to Koh Phangan police station for legal action.
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Photo credit @ Bangkok Post Supapong Chaolan
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25 August 25 2024General Newshttps://kohphangannews.org/?p=4671