snoop1130 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Protest stepped up as Doi Suthep residents show no sign of moving By Nisanart Kangwalwong The Nation The Doi Suthep Forest Reclamation Network is to step up its protests over the contentious housing project built on the forested slopes of the sacred mountain. Network coordinator Teerasak Rupsuwan on Monday said the group would stage a protest on Saturday and would also submit a petition to the Supreme Court president to help solve the dispute “before things get out of control and people lose faith in the institute”. The group will gather at 1pm on Saturday near Appeals Court Region 5 to read a statement condemning those it says have failed to honour the agreement brokered on May 6 by the government to have 45 houses and nine flats returned to the Treasury Department. Teerasak said he expected a larger crowd than that which attended a similar protest in April. Two sub-committees tasked with surveying the site to see how it has been impacted by the construction work, would conclude their findings to submit to the government by July 6, he added. The controversial project comprises the residential development of flats and houses, plus the Administrative Office building of Appeals Court Region 5. According to the agreement, the land on which the residential dwellings sit, deemed to be forestland, will be handed back to the Treasury and eventually added to the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, while the court will retain the office building and four flats. However 30 families have been moving into the “forestland” flats” since April and have stayed there even after the June 18 deadline, when the contractor was supposed to hand over the last phase of the project to the court and the process to return a portion of the buildings should have begun. The construction, which is behind deadline, was still continuing and there had been no explanation whether they had extended the contract or not, said Teerasak. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30348592 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-6-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 If the condos are high enough to escape the smog they might just be worth a look. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted June 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2018 Maybe they should consider a blockade on the entrance to the place. When those living there illegally can't get out to buy food, or go to work, they may reconsider their position and adhere to the rulings on the matter to vacate. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jeremy50 Posted June 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2018 It wouldn't have been so bad if the building had been in a sympathetic alpine style, but these look like they were built by North Koreans, in the brutalist 'Thai Modern' school of architecture. Get those judiciary maggots out of there, and return the site to the jungle. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted June 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2018 Another case of the "untouchable caste" these "judiciaries"? Did the military make a long story on encroached beaches, illegal restaurants/shacks? No, they came with the bulldozers. Double standards as we know it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dap Posted June 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2018 13 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Maybe they should consider a blockade on the entrance to the place. When those living there illegally can't get out to buy food, or go to work, they may reconsider their position and adhere to the rulings on the matter to vacate. Or even shut down the necessary gas and water utilities. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhibes Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 So far out into the forest, not even funny. Wonder how the builder got approval from the land office about building on this land. That would be where the real story would get juicy. The Court of Appeal Region 5 - Google Maps.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 14 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Maybe they should consider a blockade on the entrance to the place. When those living there illegally can't get out to buy food, or go to work, they may reconsider their position and adhere to the rulings on the matter to vacate. The blockade is a good idea but I suggest letting them out. Just don’t let them back in. 555 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I thought the government claimed there were no residents? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 These poor judges ........ all the while farmers have to dump pineapples by the truck as there is nobody to buy their produce while the canning and bottling is in the hand of "licensed" operators. In what country are we living? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Now the man is back Im sure he will come up with something just like the election dates ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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