BMA starts demolishing 12 houses in Mahakan Fort

Pratch Rijivanarom
The Nation

 

Photos by Pratch Rijivanarom

BANGKOK:-- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration started demolishing 12 houses in ancient Mahakan Fort community Saturday.

After one hour of negotiation between the BMA and residents of the ancient community Saturday morning, the residents agreed to allow the BMA to dismantle the 12 houses whose owners have moved out earlier.

The demolition began at 11 am.

The BMA launched its operation to evict the Mahakan Fort community on Saturday morning but facing the block from the residents. Earlier, there were 56 households living in the Mahakan Fort but owners of only 12 houses have moved out. The remaining 44 house owners vowed to stay put.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/BMA-starts-demolishing-12-houses-in-Mahakan-Fort-30294454.html

 

 

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if these people have built there without any legal ownership then they have to accept they are squatting and as such must move, we see this all the time here with people simply claiming govt land as their own and building/farming it. If they are not there legally they have no grounds of appeal, they have to accept they are breaking the law and have to go, if they dont, remove them physically, the police in Thailand have no balls when it comes to adhering to the laws, they are all pathetic and run at the first sign of resistance, arrest them if they refuse to go.

1 hour ago, seajae said:

if these people have built there without any legal ownership then they have to accept they are squatting and as such must move, we see this all the time here with people simply claiming govt land as their own and building/farming it. If they are not there legally they have no grounds of appeal, they have to accept they are breaking the law and have to go, if they dont, remove them physically, the police in Thailand have no balls when it comes to adhering to the laws, they are all pathetic and run at the first sign of resistance, arrest them if they refuse to go.

You can trace today’s conflict right back to 1959, when the government bought back land from around Mahakan Fort in an effort to preserve the fort and its surrounding area from all but 11 owners who refused to sell. - See more at: http://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/future-mahakan-fort-green-space-community#sthash.HNyUqrKf.dpuf

21 hours ago, seajae said:

if these people have built there without any legal ownership then they have to accept they are squatting and as such must move, we see this all the time here with people simply claiming govt land as their own and building/farming it. If they are not there legally they have no grounds of appeal, they have to accept they are breaking the law and have to go, if they dont, remove them physically, the police in Thailand have no balls when it comes to adhering to the laws, they are all pathetic and run at the first sign of resistance, arrest them if they refuse to go.

where is the compassion? give them a suitable alternative and move them out.

They want to get rid of the five oldest wooden houses in this area—homes which prove the heritage and age of this settlement. Why would a city,  administration want to squander taxpayers money to destroy monuments of historical importance?