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    Boats, buses seized from illegal Phuket tour firm, Who's next for the chop ?.

    Boats, buses seized from illegal Phuket tour firm

    Police Wednesday morning seized 53 tour buses and 29 speedboats in Phuket’s Muang district from companies under the network of Tranlee Travel Co Ltd.

    The searches of three locations by 100 police and relevant officials took place yesterday after arrest warrants were issued for two Tranlee executives, Weerachai Kampaipraphankul and Krisakorn Rungmongkolnam, for allegedly being foreigners who assumed Thai nationality to register a tourist business there.

    Police impounded 29 speedboats from Insee Marine Co Ltd's pier, 53 tour buses from TL Better Way Co Ltd's parking lot, and seized related documents from Racha Spa Co Ltd to check the network's financial transactions. Phuket police chief Police Maj-General Theerapol Thipcharoen who led the operation said that the actions did not affect tourists who bought tour programmes from the network as they had reserved boats and buses to transport them.

    Police and officials had raided Tranlee and arrested Krisakorn on June 15 (although Weerachai remains at large). The raid followed months of investigation that found many companies in the network allegedly had Chinese or other foreigners using fake identification cards to register the businesses and to register them as shareholders.

    Police also claimed that these companies earned over B150 million in revenue but paid only B200,000 in tax a year.


    Tour buses, speedboats of alleged Chinese network seized - The Nation

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    Hello is it me you're looking for , I'm alone all alone ,

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    Foreigners, that broke the law, Thai law is very clear, a foreigner cannot be a citizen.

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    Bt800m more assets of tour operator seized

    THE ANTI-MONEY Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized additional assets worth Bt800 million belonging to the network of Phuket-based tour operator Tranlee Travel Co Ltd, AMLO chief Pol General Chaiya Siri-amphankul said yesterday.

    Earlier this year, Tranlee Travel senior director and shareholder Kritchakorn Roongmongkolnam was arrested on charges of using fake credentials to acquire Thai nationality and set up the firm, while his business partner Weerachai Kampaiprapankul remains at large.

    Kritchakorn has been charged with racketeering, which is within AMLO's scope of investigation, Chaiya said. The probe had led to more accomplices resulting in the seizure of 12 assets worth Bt800 million, including three land plots in Phuket and seven properties in Phang Nga's Koh Yao district.

    Previously, AMLO had impounded 204 assets belonging to Tranlee worth Bt400 million, he added.

    Bt800m more assets of tour operator seized - The Nation

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    Foreigners, that broke the law, Thai law is very clear, a foreigner cannot be a citizen.
    But then they snivel that foreign investment is down. Wasn't ASEAN supposed to set rules and bring sanity to this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    Foreigners, that broke the law, Thai law is very clear, a foreigner cannot be a citizen.
    Not true : https://www.justlanded.com/english/T...ai-Citizenship

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    Foreigners, that broke the law, Thai law is very clear, a foreigner cannot be a citizen.
    But then they snivel that foreign investment is down. Wasn't ASEAN supposed to set rules and bring sanity to this?
    There is a big difference between legal foreign investment and people from overseas countries coming in and setting up companies with false identities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by birding View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    Foreigners, that broke the law, Thai law is very clear, a foreigner cannot be a citizen.
    Not true : https://www.justlanded.com/english/T...ai-Citizenship

    You will be asked to appear at the Interior Ministry for a Thai language test. If you pass the test you will be asked to come back to the Thai Ministry and sing the Thai National Anthem and the King´s song Phra Baramee. Afterwords you will be interviewed while the Thai officials visit your house to ascertain that the details you submitted on your application form are correct.
    Wow....

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    I love the Thais commitment to keep Thailand for Thais.

    Australia lets any old shit bag in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snakeeyes
    Police also claimed that these companies earned over B150 million in revenue but paid only B200,000 in tax a year.
    the authorities started investigating when they realised they were paying way too much tax

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    I think it is the same here in Pattaya/Chonburi/Rayong districts with Chinese companies coining it with the connivance of bent Thai.
    Quel surprise?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurgen View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by snakeeyes
    Police also claimed that these companies earned over B150 million in revenue but paid only B200,000 in tax a year.
    the authorities started investigating when they realised they were paying way too much tax
    Got a newbie Thai tax expert on here that could have advised them.

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    Second auction of assets seized from zero-dollar tour operator on Nov 1 in Phuket

    The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) will auction off assets seized from major zero-dollar package tour operators on November 1 at the conference hall of Phuket municipality.

    Altogether 39 items of assets of Tran Li Travel Company which include 33 tour buses, six tourist boats will be put on auction with the starting bid price set at 43 million baht.

    Zero-dollar tour operators sell below-cost package tour to Chinese tourists visiting Thailand and when the tourists are in Thailand, they will try to squeeze as much money as possible from the tourists by forcing them, for instance into jewelry shops outrageously overcharge them for every piece of jewelry sold.

    Those who are interested to join the bidding can ask to inspect the items on October 31 from 9.30 am to 3 pm at Saeng-arun pier of Phuket Boat Company. They can also find more information about the items to be auctioned from Amlo’s website, www.amlo.go.th

    The first auction was held on September 6-8, also at Phuket municipality. 151 items of assets worth about 108 million baht were put on auction.

    AMLO secretary-general Pol Gen Chaiya Siri-amphankul said keeping the seized assets required space for safe keeping and it incurred expenses which would be a burden for AMLO. Also, some of the assets would depreciate the longer they were kept in storage, he added.

    Second auction of assets seized from zero-dollar tour operator on Nov 1 in Phuket |

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    Quote Originally Posted by snakeeyes
    olice Maj-General Theerapol Thipcharoen who led the operation said that the actions did not affect tourists who bought tour programmes from the network as they had reserved boats and buses to transport them.
    So they lined up a competitor business to take over beforehand. How thoughtful

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