Another police charge was filed on Tuesday against the South Korean company that produces the survival TV show The Law of the Jungle and the Thai company which coordinated the shooting of an episode found in breach of Thai law.
Previously South Korean actress Lee Yeol-eum was charged with catching endangered giant clams while participating in the reality TV show in Thailand and could face up to four years in prison if found guilty.
Seoul Broadcasting System, the show's producer, and The Sixth Element Co, the shooting coordinator, as well as all other parties concerned have been informed of the charges and have been summoned to meet investigators for questioning, said Pol Col Phum Banthip, superintendent of Kantang police station in Trang province.
The episode, aired on June 30, was shot in Trang's Hat Chao Mai National Park on Mar 29 and April 1-3, said Narong Kongeiad, chief of Hat Chao Mai National Park who, along with officials from Department of Tourism, filed this new charge.
Submitted evidence of the alleged misconduct on Tuesday included documents pertaining to requests for permission to shoot the show's episode in Trang, said Mr Narong.
The first request was rejected after the department found that animal killing was in the shooting script, he said.
The second request was later submitted and approved by the department because it indicated that the shoot would only involve "tourism activities", he said.
However, the episode clearly showed giant clams, a protected marine species, being caught in the national marine park, which violated the 2008 Act on films and videos by failing to strictly follow the shooting script declared to the department earlier, he said.