News Forum - Squabble over ฿50 billion beachfront land in Phuket

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Beachfront land in Phuket valued at ฿50 billion remains occupied despite the Supreme Court’s orders for nine claimants to vacate their plots. The Thai government, locals and companies have squabbled over the 178 rai of land – which covers three kilometres of Layan Beach – for 30 years. Officials from the Department of Special Investigation, or DSI, inspected the land yesterday in hopes of solving the dispute and prosecuting anyone illegally occupying state land. In 1984, the Lands Department revoked illegally issued land title papers from nine claimants. However, most of the claimants refuse to recognise the revocation and have […]

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