Pattaya tour company busted for employing illegal guides

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Pattaya tour company busted for employing illegal guides

 

Picture: The Pattaya News Thai

 

A police investigation team comprising tourist cops and immigration officers led by Pol Lt Col Piyapong Ensarn have announced the arrest of two Thais and two foreigners.

 

Wanalee Island Co. Ltd was offering group tours to Indian nationals and had illegally hired the services of Hitendra Anandbhai Khasatiya, 28, to help with communication. 

 

Hitendra was seen on a speedboat named Wanalee 95 clearly acting as a guide while Thais just sat about. 

 

Myanmar national Retha Yee Tar, 21, also had no work permit and was working as a tour promotion assistant. 

 

Also arrested on charges of illegally employing the foreigners were Wanalee Kanung, 49 and Narin Noonurat, aged 53.

 

Narin said his English was OK but he couldn't speak Indian so he hired Hitendra. 

 

The company is also facing charges for not properly insuring tourists and staff in the event of accidents.

 

Source: The Pattaya News Thai

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-12-13

[Basil B]

Recall many years ago a side trip I did with my then TGF, their was a group of us with Thai driver and Thai tour guide, the guide was a young female, totally useless more interested in constantly grooming herself, totally ignored everybody, in the end the other passengers were asking my lady for advice, My lady was fuming when we got back even though one of the passengers had given her a tip.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

while Thais just sat about. 

Isn't this the whole reason so many foreigners get hired?

[marko kok prong]

good to see they are cracking down on the big criminals.

[Henrik Andersen]

Wake up Thailand 

Start go out check the business so meny 'foreigners workers' are there and about no proper insurance why can that be so difficult to check that do government not have internet?? 

 

[DJ54]

Was on a Chinese tour group once “suggest not do it” with Chinese 

when I lived in China. I wondered about the tour guide on the If was legal ...

 

survived the tour but tough skinned it sucked.... did see some nice 

places which was a positive. 

 

One evening wife said you’re not going to like the first stop before dinner. No English was spoke I was only non Chinese. It was a male 

strip show play drums with the dings.... and there were fairly old couples on the tour.....strange indeed. They tired to get me to sit in

front...

 

ohhhh no not me, where’s free flow beer to take away the pain 

 

 

 

[KhunFred]

Always concentrating on the BIG ISSUES. Here in Pattaya, the employment of Lao and Myanmar nationals in the restaurant industry is almost epidemic. Someone forgot to give the BIB their cut. This will screw you everytime.