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Runaway Israeli tourist returned to Bangkok

Israeli tourist Ohad Baruch, in black T-shirt, with Ko Samui tourist police prior to being flown from Koh Samui to Bangkok for legal proceedings. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan)

SURAT THANI: An Israeli tourist arrested on Koh Samui after leaving his Bangkok quarantine hotel without a Covid-19 clearance was flown to Bangkok on Monday night for legal proceedings.

Ohad Baruch, 29, arrived in Thailand on Dec 17 on a Test & Go travel package. He  quarantined overnight at a hotel in the Sukhumvit area, pending an RT-CPR test result, but did not wait for the result. He left the hotel and went to Koh Samui in the South. 

Thong Lor police in Bangkok obtained a warrant from the South Bangkok District Court for his arrest on Dec 21.

On Dec 22, Mr Baruch surrendered to police at a restaurant at Bang Rak beach in tambon Bo…

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