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UPDATE: Minister orders legal action after two Patong hotels found operating without licenses

Deputy Interior Minister Polpee Suwanachawi ordered legal action after two Patong hotels were found operating without business licenses or construction permits, while another hotel is being examined over suspected nominee ownership.

Thai Interior Ministry finds 361 suspected nominee firms in Phuket crackdown

Thai officials inspecting Phuket businesses said they have found more than 361 companies suspected of nominee ownership, while two hotels checked lacked operating and construction permits.

ThaiBev joins Phuket temple fundraiser for shelter serving poor patients and families

ThaiBev joined a Phuket fundraiser to support construction of the Baan Pueng Wat Phuket shelter for poor patients and relatives receiving treatment at Vachira Phuket Hospital.

Officials order halt to unauthorised excavation in Baan Phru Champa

Thepkrasattri officials suspended excavation work in Baan Phru Champa after finding three pits had been dug without approval under the Land Excavation and Filling Act.

EPD launches ultra-luxury Waterfall Villa project at Kamala Beach in Phuket

Element Property Development has launched Waterfall Villa, an ultra-luxury residential project at Kamala Beach in Phuket, as its first formal move into Thailand's high-end property market.

Two suspects face charges over alleged illegal occupation of protected land in Rawai

Rawai Municipality has filed a police complaint against two suspects after officials found about seven rai of protected public land in the Phromthep Animal Grazing Area had allegedly been illegally cleared, occupied and built on.

UPDATE: Officials find evidence of illegal road construction in Phuket forest encroachment probe

Phuket officials investigating suspected encroachment in the Kamala Hills found evidence of illegal road construction in a national forest reserve and seized an abandoned backhoe.

Traffic warning issued as 100 cement trucks head to Phuket cancer centre site

Vachira Phuket Hospital has warned motorists to avoid Pracha Uthit Rd in Ratsada as about 100 concrete mixer trucks move in and out of the cancer centre construction site between 6am and 4pm.

22 illegal foreign workers arrested at Phuket construction site

Phuket authorities arrested 22 illegal foreign workers, including 19 Chinese nationals, at a construction site in Muang district and expanded the investigation to examine possible nominee ownership of the companies involved.

Rawai beach project cleared of land encroachment

Phuket officials said a multi-agency inspection found no land encroachment at a Rawai beachfront project, though monitoring will continue as revised plans are submitted.

16 Chinese nationals and 62 Myanmar workers arrested at Phuket villa construction site

A raid at a luxury villa construction site in Cherng Talay led to the arrest of 16 Chinese nationals accused of working on tourist visas and 62 Myanmar workers accused of illegal entry.