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French tuk-tuk sex-show couple deported, blacklisted
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 03/02/2026
» PHUKET - Immigration authorities have revoked their visas and blacklisted a French couple after a video of them engaging in explicit sexual activity on a public tuk-tuk sparked widespread outrage online.
Phuket police bust Belarusian-run illegal car rental business
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/01/2026
» PHUKET - Police have arrested two Belarusian nationals for operating an unlicensed car rental business using Thai nominees, following a series of traffic accidents involving foreigners driving without valid licences.
Expats with illegal firms now targeted
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/02/2025
» The Provincial Police Region (PPR) 8 has launched a large-scale crackdown targeting foreign nationals engaged in illegal nominee businesses across seven provinces in southern Thailand.
Phuket pub boss charged with using Thai nominee
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/02/2025
» PHUKET: An American man wanted for using a Thai nominee to run a business has been arrested at a pub in Muang district of this island province.
Companies under scrutiny over use of Thai nominees
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/03/2024
» Nine companies in Phuket will be investigated for the suspected use of Thai nominees to skirt labour regulations which restrict certain businesses to Thai citizens, according to the Department of Special Investigation.
Hunted seastead couple 'traced to Tarutao island'
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/04/2019
» PHUKET: The US-Thai couple who built and anchored a seastead floating home off Phuket were last traced to Tarutao island, and the full weight of the law awaits them, authorities said on Tuesday.
Amlo set to seize assets of operator in tour boat tragedy
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/08/2018
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has set out to seize the assets of TC Blue Dream Ltd, the alleged nominee working on behalf of foreign investors to operate a boat that capsized and killed 47 Chinese tourists last month, on suspicion of dubious operations, including money laundering.
An accident waiting to happen
Spectrum, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/07/2018
» Serious efforts to tighten safety standards for foreign tourists scared away by the tragedy of 47 Chinese visitors killed when a boat capsized off the Phuket coastline early this month fail to ease the concerns of deputy Tourist Police Bureau chief Surachate Hakparn about a possible repeat of the tragedy.