Phuket Chinese tour companies busted for illegal nominees

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Phuket Chinese tour companies busted for illegal nominees
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Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Superintendent Col Saman Chainarong said the raids followed months of investigation. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- The CEO of a major Chinese tour company in Phuket was arrested yesterday (June 15) while another key member of the company remains at large, as police closed in on the pair for allegedly using illegal nominees to register a slew of tour companies in order to avoid paying tax.

Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Superintendent Col Saman Chainarong called the Phuket media to the head office of Tranlee Travel Co Ltd on Sri Suthat Rd in Rassada at 4pm yesterday.

“Today we arrested the Tranlee CEO, Krisakorn Rungmongkolnam, one of the two people behind these operations,” explained Col Saman.

“The other suspect is known as Weerachai Kampaipraphankul. He escaped arrest as he left before officials arrived. We already have a warrant out for him,” he added.

Tourist Police officers and officials from the Phuket Department of Business and Development and the Revenue Office raided Tranlee after months of investigation, leading officials along a paper trail linking 18 companies in four locations, Col Saman explained.

“Once we knew our targets, we obtained warrants from the Phuket Provincial Court and investigated these companies,” he said.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-chinese-tour-companies-busted-for-illegal-nominees-57887.php


-- Phuket News 2016-06-16

[carstenp]

“These companies have been registered in Phuket for over 10 years. They were registered illegally and more than 50% of their shareholders are foreigners. Their revenue each year was more than B150 million, but in total they paid only B200,000 in tax per year.”

Well This must be the real reason. Somebody get pissed about the foreigners make some big money and not getting hand on the revenue

Next Please

Edited June 16, 2016 by carstenp

[brommers]

Shock horror! I thought that the Chinese are our new best friends. Oh wait, aren't they the ones demanding high interest rates on loans to construct railways? Looks like Thailand us slowly waking up to the fact that in dealings with China the only winner can be China.