Guest wowpow Posted June 25, 2007 Posted June 25, 2007 Airport tout war going badly Bangkok Post By Wassayos Ngarmkham Police who promised to end the operations of the operations of cheating unlicensed black-plate taxis and illegal tour guides at Suvarnabhumi airport by mid-June have admitted a first-round defeat - but will try again. Last month, Pol Maj-Gen Wut Liptapanlop, deputy chief of Police Region 1, vowed a major crackdown that would take the touts and illegal guides out of the airport within 15 days. On Sunday, Pol Maj-Gen Wut urged Airports of Thailand (AoT) to apply tax laws to curb the illegal operators, and vowed it would take just 15 days. But police have essentially given up. The new plan to halt the activities of illegal guides-cum-taxi drivers who prey on visitors requires action by the Airports of Thailand...... ............The gangs previously operated out of Don Muang airport but moved their operations to Suvarnabhumi when it took over as the main international airport last September. The support of influential people had always been a major obstacle to past attempts to stop them, the deputy commissioner said." Full article http://www.bangkokpost.net/topstories/tops...s.php?id=119675 Quote
