Surat Thani immigration police chief Pol Colonel Supalerk Phankosol said Yant Daniel Dukaruce (not official spelling) was arrested at a Lamai Beach hotel in Moo 3 village of Tambon Maret in Koh Samui district at 8pm Monday. He was taken to the Samui police station for interrogation before seeking the court’s permission to remand him pending further investigation. The raid followed complaints by operators of legal hotels on the vacation island that some foreign businessmen were providing illegal accommodation on the island. The official learned that a firm associated with the Frenchman illegally modified five villas on the mountain to provide 22 hotel rooms. Supalerk said police summoned the businessman to face charges of illegally running a hotel, but he refused to turn up at the police station.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 28, 2019 03:33 UTC