Honorary Consul Couple arrested
Police have arrested a Malaysian national who is an honourary consul to Morocco and his Thai wife who is an honourary consul to Djibouti for having allegedly encroached on a vast plot of public land on Yao Island off Phang Nga coast.
Tun Tex Hai, aka 'Valentino', 56, and Suwaphat Kheereephon, 41, were arrested late Thursday night by Department of Special Investigation (DSI) agents at their home in Phuket's Muang district. Both suspects had denied the charge.Police are waiting for three Thai people, including a land official based on Yao Island, to turn themselves in to DSI agents next week as they promised to.
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