Bangkok: – The Legal Execution Department has issued a rigorous justification for its auction of Khao Yai plots which have later been developed into Kirimaya Resort before the discovery of unlawful land rights documentation.

LED director general Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said her department had strictly followed legal and judicial procedures on asset liquidation.

The controversy on Kirimaya Resort has been lingering because of unanswered questions related to the issuing of land rights documents.

The resort is located on 36 plots covering 1,400 rai near Khao Yai National Park in Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Ruenvadee said the 36 plots were part of the seized assets destined for liquidation involving the collapsed Bangkok Bank of Commerce.

Under the court order, the department held the auction of the plots in 2000.

The auction was organised three times before the winning bidder paid 265 million baht for the plots. The auction revenues were distributed among the bank’s creditors.

The winning bidder subsequently sold the plots to the Kirimaya developer.

Ruenvadee said before the plots auction, the department had sought and received the confirmation from the Lands Department that land rights were legal and that related documents were lawfully issued.

As questions arose that the plots were in the national park area and that the land documents were issued unlawfully, she said this was beyond the control of her department.

Should the land rights be cancelled, the injured party, which in this case is the Kirimaya developer, would have to sue the winning bidder, a juristic entity Roi Kaew Co, she said.

The company would in turn litigate against the authorities involved in the unlawful documentation of the plots, she said.

The lawyers will be rubbing their hands on this one:)

So who was/is this winning bidder, Roi Kaew Co?

This sounds really dirty... To the Nation... Follow up on it.

The lawyers will be rubbing their hands on this one:)

I was just wondering - what is an ILLEGAL Execution Department? Sounds like they're both the same to me!

As usual one department doesn't collaborate with another allowing corruption play its part in making a few very rich. I can only laugh at the stupidity of it.

"Under the court order, the department held the auction of the plots in 2000."

Why did the court order auction of national park land?

Why didn't the National Park Authority object?

Why do I bother asking?

This goes all the way back to the government and courts. It sucks for the owner of the resort, I think its fair that they get to keep their land but have to go through strict measures for waste processing, noise pollution, and blending in with the environment. I've been to Kirimaya resort before, their resort at least blends in with the environment so its a lot better than the gaudy English style hotels, or modern looking hotels popping up everywhere in Khao Yai.