Armed negotiations re-open road to Phuket beach
Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- A road across private land leading to Laem Nga Beach in Rassada was opened yesterday (Mar 29) after military personnel with assault rifles looked on while a delegation of officials held discussions with the land owner’s legal representative.

Leading the delegation was Phuket Vice Governor Khajornkiet Rakpanichmanee, accompanied by Phuket Damrongdhama Centre (Ombudsman’s Office) Chief Prapan Kanprasang and Lt Sompop Kamkhana of the Royal Thai Navy.

In tow joining the delegation were village headmen and local residents of Moo 1, Rassada.

Up until Monday, the road had been blocked off by a barrier and barbed wire, prompting the official visit yesterday accompanied by armed escorts.

The unnamed and undesignated road is open temporarily while officials investigate why the Department of Rural Roads built it across 199 rai of private land, V/Gov Khajornkiet said.

“For me, it looks like a public road, but we will contact the Department of Rural Roads and look into the origin of this road again. We want to know why a government road was built on private land,” he said.

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-- Phuket News 2016-03-30

Good questions. They may find the answer when they learn who the influential individual who owns said land is.

In my experience, "armed negotiations" usually end in a settlement.

Ahhhh, it's good to see "Peace and Happiness" bought to the Thai people, at the end of a gun barrel.

I smell a rat here,can't wait to here the result.army,guns,headman,gov officials and the owner keeping his head down and sending a rep in.199 rai is a lot of money.looks like public funds used to build a private road.anyway if we don't hear anymore about this it means the old brown envelopes sorted it out.

199 rai? That must be the size of the residence owned by Thailand's sole producer and wholesaler of brown envelopes.