After Ko Phuket, the jet ski scam reachs Ko Samui

Swiss couple flee jet ski operator in terror - Chaweng
by Andrew Drummond
on September 15, 2009 in The Times


A Swiss couple were reported to have fled Koh Samui yesterday after
telling local Embassy officials that they that the couple had been
threatened with a beating and rape if they failed to pay 65,000 baht
(2000 Swiss francs).

A source close to the Swiss Embassy said the couple were escorted to
the airport by a consular representative and safely boarded a 3pm
flight from Koh Samui to Bangkok after the threats by an operator on
Chaweng Beach. "The woman was visibly shaking in the departure area."
Officially the Swiss Embassy Consular department said they could not
comment on individal cases and would neither confirm or deny the
report. The couple could not be contacted to verify the report.

According to one Consular source, from data gathered together by
foreign consular representatives between December and April this year
there were in the region of 150 cases of tourists having to pay for
damaged jet skis on Koh Samui, approximately one a day.

The controversial documentary series ’Big Trouble in Thailand’ is
expected to highlight a jet ski problem in Chaweng in a later
programme in the series.

http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2009/...error-chaweng/
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The jet ski scammers are obviously supported by the xenophobic junta's
minions of the PAD!

:-(
Mort