Authorities have expanded a major suppression campaign against proxy businesses run by foreigners from southern tourist islands to the northern destination of Chiang Mai.
A team of 188 police officers and officials launched the operation on Wednesday.
Police said authorities were following the government’s policy to tackle foreigners who illegally operate businesses through Thai proxies, causing negative impacts on the local economy and business competition.
Authorities in Chiang Mai had already identified two hotels that violated the Hotel Act, three parties that breached the Immigration Act, a group of companies in which Thai proxies held assets illegally on behalf of foreigners, and 11 companies that did not have brick-and-mortar offices as claimed in their registration.
