Land Being Confiscated in Sangkom

[bigguy]

This morning I received mail from a friend that has returned to the US for medical treatments, not sure if he will return to Thailand. His wife sent him an email saying that their property in Nong Kai Prov. has been taken back by the Land Management Office in Nong Kai. This proprty has been in her family for years and has over 1,800 producing rubber trees on it. She also said they have requested the paperwork for another 22 rai that she owns !!!!!

Honestly I think she is just blowing a load of smoke up his bum, anyone heard of this going on up north??

Thanks guys, also I am sure they do not have what I consider A type deed to either property. Its the deal where one neighbor says he owns the land, sells it to another, but both propreties were registered at the local land office.

Cheers

[Issangeorge]

Possibly, it is for the new double track railroad, to Bangkok.

[bigguy]

• UPDATE

The Land Management Office is collecting all paperwork for land that does not have Offical Deeds, and they are checking offical maps to match the paperwork so they can then issue a Clear and Free Title to said land.

And of course collect land taxes,,,LOL

[kokesaat]

Ask for a copy of the letter from the authorities (assuming there is one). Post it here. I can do an amateur translation.

[Dakling]

In my viliage there is a Thai guy who has been told he will lose upwards of fourty rai because it lies next to a river and should be government land. He has owned it for awhile now but has no idea what to do to fight this confiscation. As bad as it hurts, it is not a Thai-Farang thing the Thais are getting screwed too.