Crackdown in Patong targets two unlicensed hotels amid nominee business suspicions
Authorities in Patong, Phuket, targeted two hotels allegedly operating without licenses, with suspicions that foreign operators used Thai nominees to run the businesses.
Authorities carried out a crackdown in Patong, Phuket, against two hotels that were operating without licenses, according to the source, which also said the businesses are suspected of involving foreign operators using Thai nominees.
The action focused on two hotel properties in Patong. The source said both were unlicensed and that investigators suspect a nominee business arrangement may have been used to run the operations. Such suspicions center on the possibility that foreign interests were using Thai nominees to conduct business.
The source framed the operation as an enforcement push in Patong and identified the main outcome as the discovery of two unlicensed hotels. No further official details were provided in the source material about the hotels’ names, their size, the nationality of the suspected foreign operators, or what legal steps would follow.
Based on the available information, the confirmed facts are that the enforcement action took place in Patong, that two hotels were targeted, that they allegedly lacked hotel licenses, and that authorities suspect foreign nominee involvement in the business structure.
The case adds to scrutiny of hotel operations and business ownership arrangements in Patong, one of Phuket’s busiest tourism areas.
