Wichai Praisa-ngob, the governor of Thai province of Phuket, vowed that he will do his best to resolve the jet ski scandal involving operators extorting money from tourists.
According to reports, the governor has already written to several foreign embassies to explain the matter. There have been increasing complaints from tourists stating that jet ski operators in Phuket are extorting money from them. A video clip surfaced online seeing a man brandishing a gun on one of the foreign tourists. The complaints mostly came from tourists from Japan, China and Australia.
Praisa-ngob said that the man in the video is currently under police custody. However, he said that they need to determine first if the video was part of an act or a real one. He stressed that whatever the intentions are, the move is still not right because it intended to destroy Phuket, considered one of the top tourist destinations in the world.