Cutting corners: Illegal barber snipped by cops on Koh Pha Ngan

[snoop1130]

 

Thai police recently apprehended an illegal Burmese national working as a barber in Koh Pha Ngan, earning nearly 50,000 baht monthly. The arrest took place following reports of foreign workers taking jobs from locals.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Winij Boonchit received a tip about an unauthorised foreign worker and led a team to arrest 20 year old Wai Yan Kyaw at an unregistered residence in Koh Pha Ngan, Surat Thani. The officers confiscated a full set of barber tools.

 

Kyaw faces charges of entering and staying in Thailand without permission and working without a valid work permit. He was handed over to Koh Pha Ngan police for further legal proceedings.

 

 

Kyaw admitted to working as a barber for a year, primarily serving foreign and Burmese clients. He advertised his services in Burmese and English on the Facebook group ‘Koh Phangan Jobs’ under the name ‘Hair Cut Wai Yan Kyaw.’

 

Prices varied based on the hairstyle, starting at 300 baht. Kyaw moved locations based on client appointments, with clients covering fuel costs for the travel. His daily earnings ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 baht, amounting to a monthly income of 30,000 to 45,000 baht, depending on the number of customers.

 

Kyaw confessed to entering Thailand illegally through Ranong province, paying a fee of 20,000 baht to an unidentified Thai individual for assistance, reported KhaoSod.

 

By Ryan Turner

Image courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-09-16
 

 

[Gottfrid]

Was that the only tools and evidence of a barber shop they found?

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prices varied based on the hairstyle, starting at 300 baht. Kyaw moved locations based on client appointments, with clients covering fuel costs for the travel. His daily earnings ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 baht, amounting to a monthly income of 30,000 to 45,000 baht, depending on the number of customers

Doing okay until the snitch grassed him up

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Was that the only tools and evidence of a barber shop they found?

What else does a barber need?

[thesetat2013]

To think i pay only 100 baht for my haircuts. 300 + seems quite ridiculous unless you are not aware of the costs to cut hair. Too bad about the Burmy. I guess his income got cut instead him cutting things from others. 

[black tabby12345]

From the  gutter to  middle income earner of Thailand.

What a stride an illegal migrant made just in a year.

I bet he could send quite an amount money home.

[watchcat]

On 9/17/2024 at 1:43 AM, thesetat2013 said:

To think i pay only 100 baht for my haircuts. 300 + seems quite ridiculous unless you are not aware of the costs to cut hair. Too bad about the Burmy. I guess his income got cut instead him cutting things from others. 

 

I pay 50 baht , up from 30 Baht a couple of years ago.