Phuket Marine Office targets contractor for artificial reef project

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Phuket Marine Office targets contractor for artificial reef project

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The workers said they built the earth ramp to make loading the artificial reef blocks easier. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Marine Office has filed a formal police complaint against a contractor for dumping rocks and sand onto a beach at the northern tip of the island while it was carrying out an artificial reef project for the Phuket Fisheries Office.

 

Borpith Chomchiey, a transport specialist at the Phuket Marine Office, filed the complaint against Pattanimahaphan Construction Co Ltd directly with Tha Chatchai Police Deputy SuperintendentLt Col Watcharin Jirattikanwiwat yesterday (Nov 22).

 

The complaint was filed after Mr Borpith and other marine officials inspected the site and found rocks and sand dumped on the beach beside a floating barge with a tugboat tied up alongside. On shore were three artificial reef blocks.

 

In his statement to police, Mr Borpit alleged the company did not have a permit to resurface the land and build a pier at the site. As such, he accused the company of breaching the Navigation in Thai Waters Act of 1913.

 

Mr Borpith asked police to investigate and bring the person responsible for the project to face legal action.

 

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