Seven Pattaya hotel operators - four foreigners - taken in by police for not having licences

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Seven Pattaya hotel operators - four foreigners - taken in by police for not having licences

 

Pictures: 77JOWO

 

Raids run by Bang Lamung district chief Naris Niramaiwong and Pattaya police chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch resulted in the arrests of four foreigners and three Thais running illegal hotels.

 

A total of ten properties were raided yesterday in a joint operation with the military and immigration police.

 

77Jowo said that it was connected to the raid on the Tulip Hotel last week when a sex orgy made the news at another hotel being run illegally.

 

Police made seven arrests with a French man, a Dutch national and an Indian among those taken away.

 

The premises said to be operating illegally and the person arrested at each are as follows. At each arrest evidence in the form of bills, receipts and money was taken in.

 

1. Central Pattaya Residence on Sai 2. Mr Rajan Malhotra, 55, Indian, arrested.

2. E-Outfitting Boutique Hotel on Sai 2. Xue Dong, 31 arrested.

3. Boutique City Hotel. Chaiyan Mongkhonkulasat, 62, from Nonthaburi arrested.

4. [name withheld]

5. Cocco Resort in South Pattaya. Sander Wolterring, 42, from Holland arrested.

6. Jomtien Thani Hotel on Jomtien Beach. Ms Sujinan Prangsurang, 49, arrested.

7. Atlantis Condo ( Building B )in Jomtien. Ms Daengkhamkhun, 47, arrested.

 

The arrest at number seven was the result of a sting with an officer posing as a client.

 

All those arrested were taken to Pattaya police station and charged with operating illegal hotels.

 

 

 

Source: 77JOWO

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-04-27

[Peterw42]

But, but, but, AirBnB is legal, lol

[taipan1949]

Hard to believe these businesses could slip through the cracks??

[sammieuk1]

Xue Dong has no origin and is now NFA.

[NCC1701A]

" 7. Atlantis Condo ( Building B )in Jomtien. Ms Daengkhamkhun, 47, arrested."

 

illegal to rent your condo for just a few days.

[Just Weird]

2 hours ago, taipan1949 said:

Hard to believe these businesses could slip through the cracks??

They haven't!

[Get Real]

Better for fair competition.

[johng]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

illegal to rent your condo for just a few days.

Yes that's correct  for a few days you need a hotel licence..

just one more thing in the long list bringing "happiness" back to "all" Thais. 

[Sakeopete]

Will the police refund the bribe money they received? 

[Benmart]

I support cleaning house, but cleaning the internal house would add to the credibility of the housecleaners.

[lucjoker]

And what of the "party houses"?

They open everywhere ,can be next your house .

Suddenly 50 or more people enter the house and make blasting noise for 2 or 3 days , non stop. You pay 5000bht a day and you can do what you want , neighbours can do nothing 

because police and mayor dont help you.

Had to sell my house .

Go on the web and see for your self .

The owners list their house as "home-stay" and you can do nothing .

[NextStationBangkok]

I know number of foreign owners have Thai wife or a girl friend. There is a foreigner registered on a Thai lady's name, but she is on a fixed monthly payment scheme.

 

As long as their Thai partner is happy, why police bother ?

 

Seems, this will crackdown many business, and you can soon see 100 Baht priced som-tham widely sold in Pattaya, rather than some Indian, French or Italian food.

[NextStationBangkok]

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Xue Dong has no origin and is now NFA.

Viet ?

 

[TEFLKrabi]

Sad about Le Viman. My fave place to stay. 

[Acemaker]

6 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

But, but, but, AirBnB is legal, lol

Yes it is. 

[F4UCorsair]

Hard to believe these businesses could slip through the cracks??

They didn't!

Sent from my SM-G610F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[catman20]

2 hours ago, Sakeopete said:

Will the police refund the bribe money they received? 

they didn't get any thats why they got raided,

[andre47]

1 hour ago, lucjoker said:

And what of the "party houses"?

They open everywhere ,can be next your house .

Suddenly 50 or more people enter the house and make blasting noise for 2 or 3 days , non stop. You pay 5000bht a day and you can do what you want , neighbours can do nothing 

because police and mayor dont help you.

Had to sell my house .

Go on the web and see for your self .

The owners list their house as "home-stay" and you can do nothing .

Police do nothing? Did you try? What's about the moo-baan-administration? Where did this happen?

[observer90210]

Somebody with either a golden wing or a sleveless black jacket,  did not get the monthly brown enveloppe courtsey call !

[wvavin]

So most of the local hotels are being owned by unlicensed foreigners now.....ummm

[natway09]

Having been in the hotel business for 40 years in 7 countries any operator thinks he can operate without a licence has got rocks in his head. In Thailand it just takes a little longer to get caught

[Eaglekott]

7 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

But, but, but, AirBnB is legal, lol

1 hour ago, Acemaker said:

Yes it is. 

No, its not legal in Thailand. A 1979 building law bans renting out residential buildings such as apartments or condominiums for short-term stays, while another law dating back to 1935 requires hospitality businesses to register themselves as hotels. The latter regulation also levies taxes on hotels on a per night and per room basis.

 

Earlier several Condos in the building i Leve had rooms rented our on AirBnB, and I'm glad they forced them to stop. During those months it was very noisy, People sitting and partying in the rooms before going out, and came back in the middle of the night drunk and noisy, and some times tried to open the wrong condo doors. The security got a lot of extra work trying to locate keys and condo owners

 

[Bangkok Barry]

6 hours ago, taipan1949 said:

Hard to believe these businesses could slip through the cracks??

 

No it isn't. This is Thailand. And this is certainly only the tip of an iceberg.

[Bill Miller]

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

" 7. Atlantis Condo ( Building B )in Jomtien. Ms Daengkhamkhun, 47, arrested."

 

illegal to rent your condo for just a few days.

Prominently posted at my condo.

[The Deerhunter]

2 hours ago, NextStationBangkok said:

I know number of foreign owners have Thai wife or a girl friend. There is a foreigner registered on a Thai lady's name, but she is on a fixed monthly payment scheme.

 

As long as their Thai partner is happy, why police bother ?

 

Seems, this will crackdown many business, and you can soon see 100 Baht priced som-tham widely sold in Pattaya, rather than some Indian, French or Italian food.

If they had a hotel licence it would be in the wife or gf's name wouldn't it?The charge is NOT having a licence.  Next and different question is whether the Farangs had enough Thai workers and therefore a work work pemit for himself to be working, if for example they were on the front desk at the time of the raid.

[newnative]

Interesting they hit Atlantis. Yes, Airbnb is legal.  Renting a condo for less than 30 days is not.  

[Searat7]

If Police were really serious about doing their job (will never happen) how much work would be involved to visit hotels and bars in their districts to check for proper licenses ?    Almost every time we read about raids or incidents it seems these places are not properly licensed. 

[Rimmer]

Some off topic and troll posts have been removed

[FitnessHealthTravel]

I love this. I love that they are rounding up all these disrespectful foreigners and shipping them out. If you want to live here, play by the rules like everywhere else otherwise <deleted> off.

[tryasimight]

1 hour ago, Bill Miller said:

Prominently posted at my condo.

What is the legality of a family member staying in condo for a few days when the owner is absent. No rent involved? I. E.  One family member letting another family member use the condo for a short period.