PHUKET: Police in Patong are holding a prominent restaurateur after a disturbance at the man's diner last night over an alleged seven-million baht debt.
Six security guards rushed to the aid of their employer when Patong police put the man in handcuffs at 7.20pm.
The security guards also told a media photographer with the police to destroy all the shots of the incident.
Arrested in the row was Naser Amin Mohammad Mansour, 45, a business partner in the Orient restaurant, near the Jungceylon shopping centre in Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Road.
Police went to the restaurant acting on a warrant from the Phuket Provincial Court issued on December 14.
Mr Mansour is being held at Phuket Provincial Prison in Phuket City.
The warrant is in relation to an alleged seven-million baht debt incurred in a partnership in a bangkok restaurant, said Lieutenant Thammasan Boonsong.
Last night's incident was resolved without violence.
Six security guards rushed to the aid of their employer when Patong police put the man in handcuffs at 7.20pm.
The security guards also told a media photographer with the police to destroy all the shots of the incident.
Arrested in the row was Naser Amin Mohammad Mansour, 45, a business partner in the Orient restaurant, near the Jungceylon shopping centre in Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Road.
Police went to the restaurant acting on a warrant from the Phuket Provincial Court issued on December 14.
Mr Mansour is being held at Phuket Provincial Prison in Phuket City.
The warrant is in relation to an alleged seven-million baht debt incurred in a partnership in a bangkok restaurant, said Lieutenant Thammasan Boonsong.
Last night's incident was resolved without violence.
Is it common practice in Thailand for the Police to get involved in Debt Collection?
Posted by spud67 on December 19, 2011 16:31