Foreigners caught running child care centre on Koh Phangan

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PUBLISHED: 29 Jan 2025 at 13: 58

Foreign workers and children at the illegal day care centre on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, on Tuesday afternoon. (Police photo)
Foreign workers and kids at the unlawful day care center on Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, on Tuesday afternoon. ( Police photo )

On suspicion of operating a daycare center on Koh Phangan without permission, officers in Sri Lanka have detained five Russians, two Russians, and one Myanma.

On Tuesday evening, authorities searched the daycare center in the village of Moo 4 in the village of tambon Ban Tai.

They took into prison three Russian ladies, two Russian men, a Russian man and Russian lady, and a lady from Myanmar. The defendants are all aged 40-50 years.

According to the authorities, the day care center opened about four months ago and was, among other things, attended by about 20 foreigners living on Koh Phangan.