Three Russians Arrested for Allegedly Operating Beauty Clinic on Samui Island

[webfact]

Surat Thani – Two Russian women and a Russian man were arrested after they were allegedly operating an illegal beauty clinic on the Samui Island.

The Surat Thani Immigration Officer told the Phuket Express that on Thursday (March 7th) they and the Surat Thani Provincial Public Health Officials inspected a beauty clinic in the Bo Phut sub-district on Samui Island. The clinic was not legally registered, according to Surat Thani officials.

 

Ms. LILIIA, 32, and Mr. Alexandr, 35, Russian national, were found inside the clinic. Ms. LILIIA told officers that she was contacted by Ms. YULIA, a Russian national who is the owner of the clinic. Ms. YULIA hired her as a beauty expert and a manager of the clinic. Officers found that the QR code payment in the clinic shows Ms. YULIA’s name. The suspects were taken to the Bo Phut Police Station.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

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Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-03-11

 

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[bendejo]

Not a beauty parlor, but a beauty clinic.  Enhance your clinical beauty?

Gotta wonder who their customers were -- Russian exiles/draft dodgers getting plastic surgery to help change identities?

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Ms. LILIIA, 32, and Mr. Alexandr, 35, Russian national, were found inside the clinic. Ms. LILIIA told officers that she was contacted by Ms. YULIA, a Russian national who is the owner of the clinic. Ms. YULIA hired her as a beauty expert and a manager of the clinic. Officers found that the QR code payment in the clinic shows Ms. YULIA’s name. The suspects were taken to the Bo Phut Police Station.

Seems a purge is going on to cleanse Thailand of illegal owners and workers.

 

[impulse]

They need to be released on humanitarian grounds.  Nobody wants unkempt Russkie women wandering around in public.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Well done RTP, keep up your good work!

 

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian, Kazakhstani nationals as well as Romanian, British, Polish and Lithuanian nationals and nationals of many other countries including United States, Canada, China, South Korea, Australia, etc.

[gargamon]

7 minutes ago, impulse said:

They need to be released on humanitarian grounds.  Nobody wants unkempt Russkie women wandering around in public.

 

I saw Yakov Smirnoff in one of the comedy clubs in Hollywood in the 70's. One joke he told stood out. “What's the difference between a Russian lady and a Russian bear?“ Answer: “You don't have to shave the bear!“

[crazykopite]

There is a purge going on at the moment a handful of illegal workers were arrested on Koh Phangan the same day one an American lady for giving customers a ride to the ferry port 

[ChipButty]

It is also happening in Rawai, Phuket a good friend of ours who has her own salon told us about it, I think she getting pi$$ed off as she pays big rent and staff, and these Russians are working from home and as mobile hair and beauty treatments, It's not going down to well I have spoke with a few thais recently, the locals are not happy, 

[crazykopite]

Another 3 heading for Ukraine

[CANSIAM]

Looks like the Crackdown is for real this time......be relentless and clear em ALL out !!!!!! 

[freeworld]

Immigration should check out and raid the Summer Hill and T1 buildings along Sukhumvit.

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, CANSIAM said:

Looks like the Crackdown is for real this time......be relentless and clear em ALL out !!!!!! 

 

including Farang house company name, no?

[NativeBob]

Something is very wrong with those kids running business in Thailand against local laws and regulations.
Even those days when overstay was 200THB/day we were more cautious. Nobody heard the word "ban" and "thaivisa" was a "company" 

But now? 

There's something very wrong with those or they are extremely desperate. Or neither...

[cracker1]

15 hours ago, bendejo said:

Not a beauty parlor, but a beauty clinic.  Enhance your clinical beauty?

Gotta wonder who their customers were -- Russian exiles/draft dodgers getting plastic surgery to help change identities?

 

I think the QR code may only recognise Thai Banks, so the customers were probably mostly Thai people?

[zhounan]

I have the strange sensation that they are kicking up the dust to show that they are cleaning up Phuket, but the real criminals are sitting quietly in the villas.

[NativeBob]

19 minutes ago, cracker1 said:

I think the QR code may only recognise Thai Banks, so the customers were probably mostly Thai people?

QR code is the payment system widely popular in modern Russia - you can pay with your phone (special App)
Obviously their customers are Russians as the language gap between them and locals is huge

Why clinic? nothing, just a figure of speech I assume, lost in translation. 

My thought is that was a sucker punch from competitor: another "service provider" with less attractive offers.

Police arrests small fishes: it is not even funny ))))

[CANSIAM]

14 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Something is very wrong with those kids running business in Thailand against local laws and regulations.
Even those days when overstay was 200THB/day we were more cautious. Nobody heard the word "ban" and "thaivisa" was a "company" 

But now? 

There's something very wrong with those or they are extremely desperate. Or neither...

Utter desperation......starting October 2022...

[VBer]

On 3/11/2024 at 10:03 AM, crazykopite said:

Another 3 heading for Ukraine

Already more than a year the draft to Ukraine is 100% voluntary, but such comments popping at the forums again and again

[Celsius]

I think swiss in Thailand are in for some serious beatings. All this is happening thanks to them.

[rexpotter]

On 3/11/2024 at 6:42 PM, zhounan said:

I have the strange sensation that they are kicking up the dust to show that they are cleaning up Phuket, but the real criminals are sitting quietly in the villas.

This is always the case.