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Thailand ready to face sea-home builder in court

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Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Saturday that the Thai government has the right to demolish a floating sea home off Phuket seashore and welcomed the threat of a lawsuit by its builder, Ocean Builders.

 

Speaking at a press conference at the King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Wissanu said Thai officials could remove the floating structure, which is located to the southeast of Koh Racha Yai, approximately 12 nautical miles from the mainland, because its presence clearly violated Article 119 of Thailand’s Criminal Code as threatening the Kingdom’s security and sovereignty.

 

Wissanu said the structure would also be an obstacle to marine navigation as it is located near a sea drilling site.

 

Ocean Builders announced it would sue Thailand in an international court if the government removes the seastead.

 

“The Thai government would be glad if a lawsuit is filed. We want a lawsuit to be filed so that we will have a chance to explain the truth,” Wissanu said.

He said attempts have been made to build seasteads in several nations but no government had allowed them and builders were always arrested and legal action taken against them.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30368046

 

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Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state.

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6 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

He didn't really say that...did he?

 

They've already spoken. "My way or the highway".

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I can understand Thailand's point and think that in a sense that they are right. But it is 13 miles offshore not 12, and the question is then where was it built?, and what about immigration after that? You fabricate something in Thailand and transport it out there is bypassing customs rules = a crime, and therefore Thailand also considers this as a national security issue that possibility was manufactured on their soil; and then if you leave the 12 mile Thailand zone you have bypassed immigration and customs rules of departure. they will certainly lose in court. what would Russia do? Just blow it up!

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5 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Maintaining a high state of vigilance against invaders is the role of the armed forces; it is their raison d'etre.  Of course the Chinese, building artificial islands, are excused scrutiny so long as they provide the subs.  Thailand cannot see the invasion that is taking place daily.

Big payoffs make "blinders" work very well. Screw the future, stay the course.

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1 hour ago, Youlike said:

Who put that concrete pillar into the seabed? And who's gonna remove it?

It is actually a floating metal pillar that is attached to sea bottom with 3 metal cables. It is more like a house boat with a permanent mooring.

 

I don't know how they expect to go back and forth to Thailand from a foreign country? I guess it was all just a tax dodge. Moving to Panama and getting a second passport sounds like a better plan.

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Thailand usually comes off badly in international courts where they can’t just fix things, e.g. Pra Viharn, the Expressway Land appropriation case, the jet impounded in Germany in relation to refusal to pay after losing the expressway case. I think what Wissanu means is that they can just refuse to honor the judgement of an international court.

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The only thing that this structure threatens is the inhabitants of it, during the first couple of major storms. (if they don't starve to death first)

 

Hazard to navigation, yes only if one is dumb enough to hit it.

 

Should have made this into something positive for tourism and welcomed the idea.....but then I don't understand Thailand "much".

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3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

what a foolish, insecure place thailand has become

It's the way the military mind works, fixated on the irrelevant. Ask any ex-national serviceman who wasted endless hours picking up autumn leaves, whitewashing coal, ironing the pimples out of  boots and shrinking their berets by dunking them in hot water laced with toothpaste.

 

 

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

Wissanu said the structure would also be an obstacle to marine navigation as it is located near a sea drilling site.

A "site" is an area such as seabed and sea surface. It is not a structure. Wissanau does not say the seastead is located near a sea drilling rig. As Thailand owns all natural resources in the EEZ, the whole area is a potential drilling site.

What Wissanau is really arguing is that the government views the EEZ as Thailand's territorial waters and by definition it is not.

How does this small seastead impede marine navigation? It's not like setting up a seastead in the middle of the Hormuz, Singapore and Rock of Gilbrater straits that would hinder transit channels. Regarding net fishing by Thai vessels, otter trawl and push nets haven't been allowed since 1981.
If this case is heard by the International Court (and Thailand's death penalty threat might assure that), the government better have independent foreign experts to assist presenting its case. Prayut's absolute power and control of "evidence" will be meaningless.

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3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

what a foolish, insecure place thailand has become

The arrogance of this ignorant and disrespectful person thinking he can park his junk on sea-lanes for which Thailand is responsible, as part no doubt of his latest tax avoidance scheme.

 

Next thing you know, he'll be defending the Rohinga and trying to convert good little Buddhists to Christianity.

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The arrogance of this ignorant and disrespectful person thinking he can park his junk on sea-lanes for which Thailand is responsible, as part no doubt of his latest tax avoidance scheme.

 

Next thing you know, he'll be defending the Rohinga and trying to convert good little Buddhists to Christianity.

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1 hour ago, neeray said:

Big payoffs make "blinders" work very well. Screw the future, stay the course.

Have you ever wondered why China is building defences along its Eastern, Atlantic, seaboard?

We can only wish they would have no reason to excuse this.

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