Family victimised by protected tree saved by police at last

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Family victimised by protected tree saved by police at last
By The Nation

 

KALASIN: -- Police came to the rescue of a Kalasin family who’d put up with a tree collapsed against their home for three months.

 

They’d been barred from removing the tree because it was a protected Siamese rosewood. 

 

They were thus unable to repair the damage caused when the tree was knocked over in a storm on April 29.

 

Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul on Monday said he had ordered his men to have the family in Yang Talad district filed a request with police to have the tree removed and to get on the job immediately on Sunday afternoon.

 

The family of Neungreuthai Sarapakdee in Tambon Hua Ngua would face legal action if they removed the tree themselves. 

 

Srivara said the district superintendent had already arranged for the tree’s removal and for the timber to be given to forestry officials later. 

 

The falling tree had severed electrical wires and left Neungreuthai, her husband and six-year-old grandson without power. Officials inspecting the damage warned not to cut up the tree because it was a protected species. The family has been living with relatives ever since.

 

Siamese rosewood is protected by the Forest Act 1941. Cutting down a tree without permission is punishable by 2-5 years in prison and/or a Bt10,000 fine.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30319117

 

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[KKr]

very strange article that is not very informative.
(1) the tree owner did apparently not take care of the tree that than damages a house.
(who pays the damage, who is the house owner?)
(2) then, the article mentioned that is is not allowed to cut down the tree what is irrelevant here because it fell down already.
thirdly, the valuable protected species is cut into small pieces, rather than taking big pieces to the drying facility.

[nahkit]

We have a tree on our land that fell down from a neighbouring field over 12 months ago, taking out part of our new fence.

 

We've asked the neighbours to remove it several times but just get excuses. My wife says we can't cut it up ourselves as its the property of our neighbours and "they are difficult".

 

Thai law can be very strange at times. 

[Ulic]

Everyone angling on how to get their hands on that rosewood.