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Two foreigners arrested for taking selfie video with marine animals
PUBLISHED : 2 SEP 2020 AT 13:59
Two foreigners arrested for taking selfie video with marine animals
SURAT THANI: Two foreigners, long-stayers on Koh Phangan island, have been arrested after posting a video on Facebook of themselves toying with marine animals while diving in a protected area off the coast.
In the video, the two were seen tickling marine life with a selfie stick and taking their photos with them.
The clip went viral and drew criticism on social media - and irritated Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa. He instructed the Marine and Coastal Resources Department to find out who the two men were, what they were doing in the area and whether they held diving permits and other licences required by the law.
Mr Varawut also told permanent secretary Jatuporn Burusapattana to instruct officials to take legal action against the two men……
Two foreigners arrested for taking selfie video with marine animals
PUBLISHED : 2 SEP 2020 AT 13:59
Two foreigners arrested for taking selfie video with marine animals
SURAT THANI: Two foreigners, long-stayers on Koh Phangan island, have been arrested after posting a video on Facebook of themselves toying with marine animals while diving in a protected area off the coast.
In the video, the two were seen tickling marine life with a selfie stick and taking their photos with them.
The clip went viral and drew criticism on social media - and irritated Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa. He instructed the Marine and Coastal Resources Department to find out who the two men were, what they were doing in the area and whether they held diving permits and other licences required by the law.
Mr Varawut also told permanent secretary Jatuporn Burusapattana to instruct officials to take legal action against the two men……