A photo of Wisutr Rattanasathian sitting on a coral reef is used by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources to lodge a police complaint against him. (Photo: Chaiyot Phupattanapong)
CHON BURI: The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources registered a complaint on Sunday asking police to take action against a tourist who sat on an endangered coral reef.
Wutthipong Wongin, a department official responsible for the eastern coast, used a photo of Wisutr Rattanasathian posted on his Facebook account as evidence for the complaint.
Mr Wisutr was pictured sitting underwater on the coral reef at Koh Khram Noi in Sattahip district.
Mr Wutthipong said the man would be charged for posing a danger to an endangered species as the reef in the picture was under protection under Thai law.
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