Foreign-owned motorbike rental business busted on Koh Phangan

[Bangkok Post] - 02/28/2025

SURAT THANI: A Myanmar national who runs a motorcycle rental business that earns him 20,000 baht a day has been arrested on Koh Phangan for working in an occupation reserved for Thais. A compatriot who works for him was also arrested.



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