Foreigners caught working illegally
published : 8 Mar 2024 at 12:13
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Police operations targeting foreigners working illegally in Thailand have led to the arrests of a Norwegian woman on Koh Phangan and a Brit on Phuket island.
Unni Sekkesaeter, a 56-year-old Norwegian, was arrested at Tha Sala pier on Koh Phangan on Thursday. Immigration, tourist and local police arrested her after she sent off two tourists from her Toyota bearing a sign saying Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa, according to immigration police.
Ms Sekkesaeter faces charges for transporting passengers in her vehicle.
Thai law prohibits foreigners from driving passengers.
The Norwegian is also the general manager of a company operating Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa and other resorts on the southern tourist island.
Police had been instructed to charge the firm for allowing her to engage in work prohibited for foreigners.
In Phuket, immigration police said on Friday that Ryan Horner, 34, was apprehended on Thursday in a temple car park. He was charged with working as a guide, a job reserved for Thais.
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- apprehended (verb): caught; arrested; caught by the police - ถูกจับ, โดนจับกุม
- bear (verb): to carry something - แบกรับ, ถือ
- charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- guide (noun): a tourist guide, a person who brings tourists to interesting places to see on a tour - ผู้นำเที่ยว
- immigration police: the police agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country - สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- prohibit: to not allow; to ban - ห้าม
- reserve: kept for use for something or someone - ที่จัดสรรไว้ สำรอง
- transport: to move people or things from one place to another - ขนส่ง
- vehicle: a machine that you travel in or on, especially one with an engine that travels on roads, e.g., a car, bus, van, truck, etc. - ยานพาหนะ
