News Forum - Police raid Kanchanaburi resorts for land encroachment

[Thaiger]

There’s been a new incident of Thailand’s tourism industry disturbing the country’s nature, this time in Kanchanaburi. Police in the western province have raided 4 resorts yesterday that encroached on forest land, as well as land belonging to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. The police busted resorts around a dam in the Sri Sawat district. The first resort had 7 buildings and 20 raft houses in the dam’s area belonging to EGAT. The resort was built using a Nor Sor 3 land title, which allows land owners to build on land that they don’t fully own. It is alleged […]

The story Police raid Kanchanaburi resorts for land encroachment as seen on Thaiger News.

Read the full story

[cowslip]

one wonders how many acres per year are lost to encroachment of various kinds.

 

The politics of encroachment are very complicated. Depending on who you are will affect your chances of being stopped.