Krabi – A British man and a British woman were arrested at a night club in Ao Nang, Krabi on Tuesday (April 2nd) after they were found working illegally.

Krabi Immigration told the Phuket Express that they inspected a night club in the Ao Nang sub-district in Krabi City. They found two foreigners were working at the night club.

 

1.Miss KAREN, 37, British national, was working as an MC.

Mr. Gareth, 45, British national was working as a DJ.

Both of them were unable to present legal work permits.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

PHOTO: Naewna

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-04-03

 

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Serious stuff, 

It seems to me I'm reading about this and similar situations much more often than in the past. Is that right ?

 

Whilst it's sad for the individuals concerned, Thailand has it's Laws about foreigners working and those who choose to flout that Law are pushing their luck !

 

Is there a 'clampdown' under way ?

9 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

It seems to me I'm reading about this and similar situations much more often than in the past. Is that right ?

 

Whilst it's sad for the individuals concerned, Thailand has it's Laws about foreigners working and those who choose to flout that Law are pushing their luck !

 

Is there a 'clampdown' under way ?

Please keep up 

I'd be more interested in what they earned??? 🤔

Chip - I expect there are some other matters that I understand better than you but if you have do something to divulge, please do so. It would be more helpful.

 

Just a dig takes the thread nowhere . . . .

Too many foreigners that think they can do what they want in a foreign country. Just deport the ones not following the rules.

Another stupid British feeling entitled to do work restricted to Thais or without work permit. Deportation needed.

I never really understand the ones who are doing work in public places with jobs reserved for Thais (I believe these would be but could be wrong)

 

Like I know a Ukrainian dude doing floor tiling, he knows he shouldn't be but he still does it but at least it's inside someone's private home not in a bar

crime of the century!

 

what's the latest on the real koh tao killer?

still living it up is he?

 

bob.

1 hour ago, VBer said:

Another stupid British feeling entitled to do work restricted to Thais or without work permit. Deportation needed.

You are right they shouldn't be working, but there is another reason why a night club would employ farangs, It attracts other farangs, over the years here were I live any bar run and owned by a Thai doesn't last 5 minutes, 

Farangs tend to go in Farang owned bars, 

3 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

It seems to me I'm reading about this and similar situations much more often than in the past. Is that right ?

 

Whilst it's sad for the individuals concerned, Thailand has it's Laws about foreigners working and those who choose to flout that Law are pushing their luck !

 

Is there a 'clampdown' under way ?

 

Why is it sad? They were breaking the law. The scum need to be deported.

3 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

Is there a 'clampdown' under way ?

Have you been living under a stone.

52 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

You are right they shouldn't be working, but there is another reason why a night club would employ farangs, It attracts other farangs, over the years here were I live any bar run and owned by a Thai doesn't last 5 minutes, 

Farangs tend to go in Farang owned bars, 

Possibly because Farang DJs know how to mix the music to Farang tastes? 

 

Just a guess

I feel soo much safer now, we all know Thais would be better at mixing western music  

4 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

Is there a 'clampdown' under way ?

 

There seems to be, yes. I think it all started just after the story of a Thai doctor being thumped in the back.

17 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

There seems to be, yes. I think it all started just after the story of a Thai doctor being thumped in the back.

I think it all started just after the story of a Thai doctor being thumped in the back.

Kicked.

Just now, Bert got kinky said:

I think it all started just after the story of a Thai doctor being thumped in the back.

Kicked.

 

Okay. Thanks for the clarification.

I read  it worng thought it said two people wan*ing in nightclub..........carrying on from the sex on the beach filthy foreigners

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

 

Why is it sad? They were breaking the law. The scum need to be deported.

You are only calling them scum and screaming for deportation because you have assumed they were white and straight,  if they had  been identified as black or LGBGT you would have remained silent.  

45 y.o. DJ and 37 y.o. MC ?

what was it? geriatric clinic?

at <deleted> hole like Krabi?

Yuck!

Never been to one, so can someone clarify whether these mega Indian clubs in Pattaya employ only Thai DJ's or can Indians get a work permit for such ?

50 minutes ago, mancub said:

Never been to one, so can someone clarify whether these mega Indian clubs in Pattaya employ only Thai DJ's or can Indians get a work permit for such ?

Indians can get work permit for anything. Being at Bang Rak >> seing them. 

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Serious stuff, 

At least the bar owners/managers are now being arrested too.

Link:

Both of them were unable to present legal work permits. They were taken to the Ao Nang Police Station to face charges of working without permission.

Additionally, a Thai woman identified only as Ms. Warinthorn was presented as the club manager. She allegedly admitted to officers that the night club was illegally opened also. She was taken to the Ao Nang Police Station to face charges of opening an entertainment venue without legal permission

5 hours ago, VBer said:

Another stupid British feeling entitled to do work restricted to Thais or without work permit. Deportation needed.

I had the experience of a job offer with the business owner claiming he had connection and didn’t need a work visa ; declined offer. Likely many fall for BS

A few bars here in Pattaya have English managers, how do they get a Work Permit for doing that ?

Revoke visas, deport them. Time for farangs, even self important and arrogant Brits to recognise that Thai is an independent country with its own laws that should be inspected and not part of the Empire where they can do whatever they want.

I am a tolerant man for people who don't break local laws, but intolerant of the mob who flout local laws. Desert them. 

4 hours ago, ryandb said:

I never really understand the ones who are doing work in public places with jobs reserved for Thais (I believe these would be but could be wrong)

 

Like I know a Ukrainian dude doing floor tiling, he knows he shouldn't be but he still does it but at least it's inside someone's private home not in a bar

Wow. But for interrogating illegal workers, and investigations, even in “someone's private home”, you might need a WP. About “whistleblowing”, I'm not sure. It depends on the amount of the “cases”, I guess.

1 hour ago, NativeBob said:

45 y.o. DJ and 37 y.o. MC ?

what was it? geriatric clinic?

at <deleted> hole like Krabi?

Yuck!

 

At a guess I would say that it was possibly the Drum & Base night that I've seen promoted on one of the Ao Nang facebook pages over the last month or so?  That genre of music being common with their age group.

If the tunes they were banging out was good then I would have left them alone. If it was anything like that Thai karaoke then I certainly would evict them….

 

curious if it was someone famous would there be such a fuss about it? Most likely not!