An illegal school serving the Israeli community on Thailand’s Ko Pha Ngan island was raided by police on Friday, Thai media reports.
The school had 89 Israeli children enrolled, and was run by an Iranian couple and a local woman, according to The Bangkok Post.
The newspaper reports that the Arki Kid School was licensed to care for 18 children between the ages of two and five, but in reality served 89 children between the ages of two and 12.
The school was staffed by 40 workers from Myanmar and 12 people of other nationalities, the Post says.
It names the operators of the school as Iranian couple Aidin and Ndin Kishipoor, 45, and 61-year-old Thai citizen Prathumthip Yu-in. The report says the three were arrested and charged with illegally operating a school, employing foreigners without work permits, and failing to comply with child protection laws.
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