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19/08/2026

After displaying a Palestinian flag at their animal park in Koh Samui, a couple faced severe online harassment and death threats that escalated into an arson attack on the manager's family home in France.

18/08/2026

Thai authorities inspected 12 tourism businesses on Koh Tao and punished two for illegal foreign control and unlicensed operations, as part of a wider crackdown on nominee practices in the tourism sector.

17/08/2026

🚔👮 Thailand’s future police chief vows to crack down on nominee networks and the firms behind them

Police chief Samran Nuanma says Thailand will intensify its crackdown on foreign nominee schemes in Koh Samui by targeting the law and accounting firms that helped set them up, after 187 cases have already been handled.

16/08/2026

This Sunday 16 August, a longtail boat carrying tourists capsized off Koh Samui in southern Thailand. The three people on board were quickly rescued.

16/08/2026

Immigration authorities in Surat Thani have widened their investigation into a French businessman accused of using nominees to run an unlicensed hotel and linked to a 26.4 million baht scam.

15/08/2026

Bophut police in Koh Samui arrested 45-year-old Israeli national M. Galbiber, who was wanted on 19 arrest warrants for providing false information in official documents and illegally engaging in land trading.

15/08/2026

A major police operation in Koh Samui (“Dismantling the Foreign Nominee Network – Phase 7”) dismantled an illegal foreign-nominee network behind about 60 companies linked to land worth an estimated 1.2 billion baht, leading to 14 arrests, 88 suspects identified, and search warrants for 37 loca...

15/08/2026

A Frenchman, Paul Gaubert, accused of violently assaulting an Israeli mother and her daughter near a waterfall on Koh Phangan, was released on 100,000 baht bail and is reportedly free on the island or in Koh Samui, despite both victims being seriously injured and fearing for their safety.

14/08/2026

On 14 August, Interior ministers Plaphi Suwannachawi and Worasit Liangprasit inspected Koh Phangan, finding unlicensed luxury hotels and cannabis shops using falsified medical certificates, seized assets, ordered closures, and launched investigations into nominee-company structures and possible loca...

13/08/2026

After displaying a Palestinian flag at “Samui Exotic Park” on Koh Samui, owners says they’ve been subjected to escalating threats and online harassment by pro-Israeli activists, while Thai authorities investigate, confirm the park’s animal licensing, and show their support to the owners.