Phuket officials raid encroachment on ‘Hamburger Island’
Chanida Summast


Officials arrived to find three buildings under construction on the island. Photo: DMCR

PHUKET: -- The Royal Forestry Department will pursue trespass charges against an unnamed “claimant” for encroachment after three buildings were found under construction on Tanan Island, better known by local sailors as “Hamburger Island”, between Koh Lone and Ao Yon off Phuket.

Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) officials inspected the island on Tuesday (June 28) after receiving a tip-off from the Phuket Provincial Office of Natural Resources and Environment.

Joining the inspection on Tuesday(June 28), were officers from the Royal Forestry Department.

“There were some workers still carrying out construction when we arrived,” said Pongsapak Aiabsakul, Chief of the Phuket office of the DMCR’s Conservation of Resources, Coastal Forests and Mangroves Division.

“We found three shelters and three bathrooms in a shelter made from wood and leaves. All shelters were still under construction,” he said.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-officials-raid-encroachment-on-hamburger-island-58078.php


-- Phuket News 2016-07-01

You want to know where there's an Island in a national park with many illegal buildings? Try Koh Phi Phi.

You want to know where there's an Island in a national park with many illegal buildings? Try Koh Phi Phi.

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