Swiss barber held for working on Koh Phangan
published : 26 Jun 2024 at 14:36
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Assawin Pakkawan
A Swiss man who has run a barber shop on Koh Phangan for nine years has been arrested for working in an occupation reserved for Thais.
Tourist police and local officials arrested Oliver Ehrat, 51, at the Oliver Twist Hair shop in Ban Tai on the tourist island on Tuesday.
Police found that the Oliver Twist Hair shop had run advertisements on Facebook about hairstyling by a Swiss barber. Bookings could be made on WhatsApp.
Mr Ehrat told police that he had obtained a work permit to work as the managing director of a business called Oliver Twist Art Co. However, for the past nine years he had been running the Oliver Twist Hair salon. Service fees ranged from 500 baht to 4,000 baht.
The arresting team charged him with working in an occupation not permitted for foreigners.
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Vocabulary
- arrested: caught by the police and taken to a police station because you are believed to have committed a crime - ถูกจับกุม
- obtain: to get something that you want or need, especially by going through a process that is difficult - ได้มา, ได้รับ
- occupation: a job - อาชีพ
- permit (verb): to allow someone to do something - อนุญาต, อนุมัติ, ยินยอม
- reserve: kept for use for something or someone - ที่จัดสรรไว้ สำรอง
- salon: beauty salon - ร้านเสริมสวย
- Keywords
- Koh Phangan
- barber
- foreigner working illegally
