88 Garmonte, 10 other resorts, to be demolished for forest encroachment

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88 Garmonte, 10 other resorts, to be demolished for forest encroachment

By The Nation

 

 

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) officials on Friday posted a notice announcing that the 88 Garmonte Resort in Nakhon Ratchasima was to be demolished within 90 days after it was accused of being illegally built on Thap Lan National Park forestland.

 

Another 10 resorts in this northeastern province will face the same action later on Friday (July 26).

 

In addition to posting the demolition order at the 88 Garmonte Resort, the officials – led by Thap Lan National Park head Prawatsart Chanthep and Phraya Sue taskforce advisor Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn – are also aiming to proceed with legal action for a charge of perjury against a legal official at the Nakhon Ratchasima Agricultural Land Reform Office (ARLO) branch office. The official is said to have testified to a court that the 88 Garmonte Resort was built on agricultural land allocated under the ARLO’s Sor Por Kor land reform programme.

 

 

The 88 Garmonte Resort, located in Wang Nam Kheow district, had faced legal actions by the DNP twice in 2012 and 2017. It was in the spotlight again recently after the Phalang Pracharath Party (PPRP), a member of the governing coalition, used it as the venue for a July 21-22 weekend seminar.

 

 

DNP director-general Thanya Netithamkul on Tuesday told Natural Resources Minister Warawuth Silpa-archa that the resort’s entire plot allegedly encroached on the parks' forest reserve land. This led the department to investigate the facts after learning that the public prosecutor had decided not indict the resort operators based on the erroneous claim that it was Sor Por Kor territory, and to again present them to the public prosecutor for their consideration.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373719

 

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[NCC1701A]

watching them tear down houses here in Hua Hin for the new train tracks, it is really sad the amount of garbage they leave behind in the soil. 

I mean millions of pieces of shattered building materials, plastic, wires, filth strewn everywhere. 

[Chang_paarp]

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

The 88 Garmonte Resort, located in Wang Nam Kheow district, had faced legal actions by the DNP twice in 2012 and 2017. It was in the spotlight again recently after the Phalang Pracharath Party (PPRP), a member of the governing coalition, used it as the venue for a July 21-22 weekend seminar.

 

Friends in high places does not always help,

 

In other parts of the world, a political party using a venue that has some "issues" about its legitimacy would cause a media blitz, especially if the venue received such a bad result within a week of the event. It is not a good look for a party wanting to be seen as the new government.

[tompelli]

Why do they not name the other 10 resorts? These influential people are like vampires, they don't like being exposed to daylight?

[jaiyen]

And in the BP today the government was talking a bout zero corruption !! They are the leaders of all things bad.  It will never stop.  Greed is a Thai thing that will never cease.

 

 

[geoffbezoz]

1 minute ago, jaiyen said:

And in the BP today the government was talking a bout zero corruption !! They are the leaders of all things bad.  It will never stop.  Greed is a Thai thing that will never cease.

 

 

Greed unfortunately is a human trait, not just confined to Thais.  Its just that the Thai Elite have mastered the true skills of massive greed and corruption and realise that murder,  deprivation of the poor, school education  where the curriculum centers around brain washing techniques etc etc gives them untold wealth that much quicker.

[Tropposurfer]

Good to see ????

[Pedrogaz]

How come you can go to jail for picking mushrooms on forest reserve land but not for building a <deleted> resort there?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, tompelli said:

Why do they not name the other 10 resorts? These influential people are like vampires, they don't like being exposed to daylight?

Sometimes it's the people who don't like being exposed to daylight, other times it's the positions these people hold that would be embarrassing for others if it was publicly known !

[seancbk]

Pity about that 88 Garmont Resort.  It looks like a nice place to visit. 

 

[DJ54]

Will it be a problem to build? ahhh it’s no problem ... uh until 

it’s a problem. 

 

A friend living in two floor apartment neighbor added three floors to their apartment.. 

[mercman24]

yes not only Thailand, years ago in Spain corrupt Mayors and agents were letting innocent people build on what was known as *RUSTIC* land (green belt in the UK), and later these place were bulldozed . and no compensation offered. they lost everything, in Thailand they knew very well what they were doing just, thinking they were the untouchables,