Phuket’s Katathani resort land investigated amid The Peaks Residences condo row

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Phuket’s Katathani resort land investigated amid The Peaks Residences condo row

By The Phuket News

 

Amnuay Pinsuwan of the Phuket Provincial Land Office revealed that the Katathani resort land was being investigated. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET: Amnuay Pinsuwan of the Phuket Provincial Land Office yesterday (Sept 6) revealed that his office is investigating the land on which the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort is located at Kata Noi, on Phuket’s west coast.
 

The move is the latest twist in the fight over the construction of the The Peaks Residences condo development on the hill behind the resort.

 

Mr Amnuay made it clear at a meeting at the Karon Municipality offices yesterday that the objective of the meeting was to investigate the construction of The Peaks Residences on the hill – and the construction of a building over the Bang Rak Canal near the beachfront.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-katathani-resort-land-investigated-amid-the-peaks-residences-condo-row-72783.php#ezChV8xGDlseoaKy.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-09-07

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[happy chappie]

Let me guess,the land office official who Was in charge at the time of construction now lives in Dubai.the resort has been there as long as I can remember and it's the first time someone has investigated this place or questioned its legality.if they find out this big resort is illegal then god knows how much of Phukets buildings are probably illegally built.

 

[the guest]

Phuket has been built on corruption and greed, nothing new there.

[Cadbury]

Does he pass the integrity test? Would you buy a used car from this man?

This investigation will be a huge cover up; designed, staged and orchestrated by the same bent high level officials who now require protection from exposure.

[LivinginKata]

1 hour ago, happy chappie said:

Let me guess,the land office official who Was in charge at the time of construction now lives in Dubai.the resort has been there as long as I can remember and it's the first time someone has investigated this place or questioned its legality.if they find out this big resort is illegal then god knows how much of Phukets buildings are probably illegally built.

 

 

Actually the Phuket land office boss was on the run for 13 years. Captured in 2016 and mysterious found hanged to death in a secure DNI cell. CCTV not working. Mysterious body damage.  Read the full news article

[happy chappie]

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Actually the Phuket land office boss was on the run for 13 years. Captured in 2016 and mysterious found hanged to death in a secure DNI cell. CCTV not working. Mysterious body damage.  Read the full news article

I think I can remember that now you mention it.so it looks like this investigation is going down a dead end then.

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, happy chappie said:

3 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Actually the Phuket land office boss was on the run for 13 years. Captured in 2016 and mysterious found hanged to death in a secure DNI cell. CCTV not working. Mysterious body damage.  Read the full news article

I think I can remember that now you mention it.so it looks like this investigation is going down a dead end then.

Hmm, is that with the emphasis on 'dead'?

[Oziex1]

9 hours ago, the guest said:

Phuket has been built on corruption and greed, nothing new there.

Phuket? Only Phuket? 

[webfact]

Phuket’s Katathani Beach Resort land under investigation

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Katathani Phuket Beach Resort, sprawled along Kata Noi’s small beach on Phuket, is the latest subject of investigation by the Phuket Provincial Land Office. The investigation team has been given 30 days to complete its review by the Phuket Governor.

 

The latest investigations are the latest in a tit-for-tat battle between the owners of the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort and the Peaks Residences Condominium, perched on the hills above the beach resort.

 

The latest investigation is reported to be related to the construction of the controversial Peaks Residences Condominium development on the hills overlooking the popular beach resort. Villagers in the area have also filed a complaint to the Phuket Damrongtham Centre and Department of Lands, requesting an official inspection of the Bang Rak Canal, which flows from the Peaks Residences development, down the hill, and through the beachfront resort. Or it used to anyway.

 

On Friday representatives from the local land office said they were continuing their investigation of The Peaks Residences and the development of a building over a canal near the beachfront.

 

The official investigation into the resort’s beach land has followed requests from the Karon Municipality.

 

Although the famous Katathani resort was not directly named, it’s the only resort along the Kata Noi beachfront and is constructed directly over the named Bang Rak canal that runs from the Peaks Residences Condominium. Whereas the rain used to run down the hill, into the canal and to the sea, the egress of the canal is now blocked by the beach hotel.

 

At this early stage a working group say they’ve already confirmed that the land in question is among nine land deeds owned by the Katathani hotel. The legality of those land deeds is the subject of the investigation.

 

 

Investigators also reported that the Karon Municipality is compiling a collection of aerial photographs taken by the Royal Thai Survey Department 52 years ago which will be examined along with the current deed map as the Bang Rak canal is not marked on the current deed or is visible on current aerial imaging. They say they are speaking to locals to ascertain the community’s history and the presence of the canal.

 

The investigation into the Peaks Residences Condominium development follows years of protests led by the Katathani resort owner Sombat Atiset who filed a formal complaint against the project overlooking his resort earlier this year.

 

Construction at the controversial Peaks Residences was halted once in March this year after Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered an investigation into the project.

 

Since then a Palang Pracharat MP, Sira Jenjaka, has gone public with alleged death threats over his complaints about the Peaks Residences project. Then, two weeks ago, he visited Phuket and filed a list of formal complaints against the development on August 22.

 

An earlier version of the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort in the early 1980s

 

Source: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phukets-katathani-beach-resort-land-under-investigation

 

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-09-09

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[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket’s Katathani Beach Resort land under investigation

Another paperwork chase to see who did what for how much !