webfact Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Thai tour operator arrested after coral damaged off Phi Phi By The Nation Krabi tourist police arrested the Thai owner of a tour business on Friday after his foreign clients damaged coral while snorkelling off Phi Phi Island. Pol Lt Col Atthapong Saenjaiwut said Nipon Midsae, 34, was charged with running a tour business without a licence. Conviction could result in a jail term of two years and a fine of Bt500,000. The arrest came after a foreign tour guide took other foreigners on a snorkelling expedition to the Viking Cave near Phi Phi Island earlier this week, where the coral was damaged. Marine park officials fined the owner of the boat Bt1,000, Atthapong said, but Nipon refused to identify the foreigner in charge, so police scrutinised his documentation and found he had no business licence. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341564 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 They should arrest and fine the 4 wheel drive tour companies on Samui. The amount of trash, mostly plastic bottles that little the trails they use is incredible. Some even called themselves 'Eco Tours'...F..kers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 21 hours ago, webfact said: Conviction could result in a jail term at the end it will be with 500 Baht fine. If it would be a regular jail term operators will think twice before entering coral areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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