The Tourism Department has vowed to punish illegal foreign film crews after members of a production team from China working on a pornographic film were arrested earlier this month.
Udom Matsayawanigul, director of the Thailand Film Office under the Tourism Department, said according to The Film and Video Act of 2008, film crews who wish to produce a foreign film in the country must seek permission from the office before shooting and the screenplay, plot and summary should be approved by the film and video censorship committee.
In the case of the Chinese crew that illegally shot a pornographic film in Chon Buri on Aug 6, once there is a summary of the case from the police investigation indicating them as members of a foreign film crew, the Tourism Department will be able to take legal action by imposing a fine of between 100,000 baht and 1 million.
