The Supreme Court has acquitted seven people and six companies of charges relating to “zero-dollar” tours organised allegedly to defraud Chinese visitors.
The Criminal Court read the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday dismissing charges against seven Thai nationals accused of running the country’s biggest zero-dollar tour network.
The charges included running unauthorised tours and laundering money. The court found they were not warranted.
Among the companies acquitted was Fuan Travel, which had been accused of enticing Chinese visitors in 2016 to visit Thailand on the promise of a free-of-charge arrangement whereby, in cooperation with OA Transport and its fleet of 2,500 tour buses, the company would take tourists to allied souvenir shops which would sell overpriced and inauthentic goods.
OA Transport allegedly shared 40% of its income with tour companies and 5%…
