BANGKOK, Nov 5 (TNA) – Police arrested six people for their involvement in using Thai nominees to register para rubber bedding businesses for Chinese owners in Bangkok.
Acting Immigration police chief Pol Maj-Gen Surachate Hakpal said five Thais and a Chinese a man were apprehended after they opened para-rubber businesses for Chinese people, using Thai nominees in Huai Khwang area.
Two more associates are still at large, the police said.
The wrongdoing is punishable by a maximum three-year jail term or/and a fine of 100,000 to one million baht.
Pol Maj Gen Surachate said that the police have already inspected and areested three shops. More investigation continues for about 40 similar shops in Huai Kwang area.
Thai police have coordinated with the Chinese embassy in the crackdown on nominee cases. (TNA)
