Korean tour guide arrested

CHALONG: Phuket tourist police yesterday arrested Gon Soo Lee, 33, for acting as a tour guide without a license. Lee, a Korean national who is a guide with Club Tour, was later released on bail. Pol Capt Chokchai Suttimek of Chalong Police Station told the Gazette that the tourist police arrested Lee while he was with clients at an elephant riding center on Patak Rd near Chalong Circle. “The tourist police asked to see his tour guide license,” Capt Chokchai explained. “But Lee admitted that he did not have one.”

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