NATURAL Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin flew to Phuket to oversee the demolition of illegal structures at Nui beach, Karon district, which started this morning (July 20), Manager Online and Amarin TV said. Suchart, who was accompanied by Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit and his delegation, arrived by helicopter at Khao Daeng football
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Land bridge project delayed by a year to gauge public opinion
THE Transport Ministry has put off submission of a 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project and draft Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) bill for its implementation to the cabinet for a year in order to gather and evaluate feedback from all sectors, PPTVHD36 said today (July 8). The Land Bridge project is designed to connect two seas
Read moreDemocrats, senators receive petition from anti-land bridge protesters
SOUTHERN Economic Corridor Watch (SEC Watch) protesters rallying outside the Government House submitted their petition to a Democrat Party team and some senators urging that the land bridge project be cancelled, Naewna newspaper said last evening (June 23). The protest, led by Mr. Prasitchai Noonual, leader of SEC Watch, drew a large group of
Read moreSingha beer scion dismisses mum as only adoptive after mediation fails
By PPTVHD36 and AFP – published by France24.com AFTER mediation in a land ownership dispute between “Psi” Siranudh Scott and his mother Ms. Chiranuj Bhirombhakdi of the Singha beer empire failed, the former dismissed her to an adoptive role with Phra Khanong Civil Court giving both sides opportunity to reach an out of court
Read moreEx-deputy House speaker politically banned for life due to illegal forest land grab
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEPUTY House speaker Supachai Bhosu was today (June 11) judged guilty of illegally occupying forest land in his native province of Nakhon Panom and was immediately deprived of electoral candidacy rights as well as banned from assuming political positions for life. The Supreme Court ruled Supachai, also known as
Read moreHouse votes to reject setting up panel to study Land Bridge project
THE House of Representatives today (May 29) voted to reject a motion on setting up a committee to study the Land Bridge project while MPs of the coalition government, particularly Bhumjaithai Party, urged proponents of this panel to summarise they views and submit it to the cabinet for consideration, Naewna newspaper said. After a
Read moreAnutin, Chaichanok face impeachment bid over alleged, illicit occupation of land
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul and Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob are facing impeachment charges in court which could possibly warrant a loss of their ministerial status amidst allegations that they have been illicitly occupying part of Khao Kradong land in their northeastern home province of Buriram. Anutin, who
Read moreBhumjaithai threatens to sue over Land Bridge scheme hiding casino rumours
BHUMJAITHAI threatened to take legal action against those spreading fake news that the Land Bridge scheme is hiding a casino project with the rumours stemming from an old draft bill which was rejected two years ago, Amarin TV said this evening (May 8). Mr. Natchanon Sikorkuea, Bhumjaithai’s spokesperson, said the claim that a 99-year
Read moreHold three-tier referendum on Land Bridge project: Former MP
THE government was urged to hold a three-tier referendum on the Land Bridge project as people in the South have not been fully informed about the advantages and disadvantages of this megascheme despite a NIDA opinion poll showing majority of the respondents in this region support it while NGOs and various organisations openly oppose
Read moreLand Bridge project to be tabled to cabinet soon
AS PRIME Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is keen on further considering the 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project, the Transport Ministry will be tabling the scheme to the cabinet sometime between June and July with the aim of starting it within this year, Amarin TV said today (April 25). The Land Bridge project is designed to
Read moreMan slashes two to death then hangs self in land grab row
A THAI man furious at two people for reporting him to the authorities for encroaching on forest land slashed them to death with his knife then hanged himself in lower northern Phetchabun province today (June 15), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Thiansin Chaidetkun, an investigator on duty at Phetchabun City police station, quickly took
Read more10-year tourist visa, 99-year govt land lease planned to spur economy
DEPUTY PRIME Minister/Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said he is going to propose that 10-year tourist visa be issued to enable foreigners to easily work in Thailand alongside 99-year lease of government land as part of measures to spur the economy, Naewna newspaper said late afternoon today (May 18). In a speech on “Thailand’s Capital
Read moreEx-deputy House speaker found guilty of illegally occupying forest land
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEPUTY HOUSE Speaker Supachai Bhosu has been found guilty of illegally occupying forest land in Nakhon Phanom, officially considered tantamount to a severe breach of the politicians’ code of ethics. National Anti-Corruption Commission Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said today (Apr. 25) Supachai had falsely claimed to hold Nor Sor 2
Read moreForeigner arrested on illegal land trading charges
A FOREIGN MAN on the run after being slapped with charges of illegal land trade in Phuket and Surat Thani has been arrested in Pattaya, Naewna newspaper said last night (Mar. 15). The wanted foreigner, only identified as Mr. David, 58, from the USA, was taken into custody in front of Jomtien Hospital in
Read morePM vows to go ahead with Land Bridge project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Jan.22) looked unperturbed by sustained criticism over the cost-effectiveness of the Land Bridge project in the southern region and pledged to go ahead with it. Prior to a two-day roving cabinet meeting in Ranong, the prime minister reconfirmed the Pheu Thai-led government’s scheme to carry
Read moreLand Bridge projects to get started in 2025, finished in 2030: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Dec.30) confirmed that the planned implementation of Land Bridge projects in the upper southern region of Thailand will get started in 2025 and finished in 2030. The prime minister said the government is currently putting forward various megaprojects to link two oceans, the Pacific Ocean
Read more1.62 million people benefit from upgrading land papers to title deeds
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ESTIMATED 1.62 MILLION farmers and villagers nationwide can now have papers which they may currently hold to occupy state-owned land finally upgraded as individually-owned land title deeds for agriculture, said a senior official today (Nov.16). Agricultural Land Reform Office secretary-general Winarot Sapsongsuk confirmed that some 1.62 million people in
Read moreCourt orders compensation to Thanathorn over land title deed revocation
THE Central Administrative Court ordered the Land Department to pay Progressive Movement Chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit compensation totalling over 4.9 million baht at 3 percent annual interest for having revoked the title deeds of two plots of land in Ratchaburi, Thai Rath newspaper said. The court pointed out that while the department took the right
Read moreKoh Lipe hotel owner nabbed for grabbing land
A HOTEL owner who has been on the run for years after an arrest warrant was issued for encroaching on public land at Koh Lipe, Satun province, was apprehended on March 28 with there only being one year of the statute of limitations left, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 8). Deputy National Police
Read moreKanokwan banned from politics for life over Khao Yai encroachment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KANOKWAN WILAWAN is banned from politics for life due to a national forest encroachment case. The Supreme Court today (Feb.22) ruled Kanokwan guilty of having encroached upon a preserved area of Khao Yai national park in Nernhom subdistrict of Prachinburi since 2002. She used to represent the eastern province as
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