Class full constructed without permission in Cape Shark Villas has been instructed to stop operations by native authorities on Koh Tao Island. An investigation is underway to check if different villas throughout the resort have conformed to compulsory development permits.
The villa beneath investigation is strategically perched on a rocky ledge, providing direct entry to the clear waters of the island’s southern coast. It belongs to Cape Shark Villas, an upscale resort that encompasses greater than 30 pool villas on its hilltop estate.
Unfolding over forty eight square metres and standing one storey tall, the villa—coined “hideaway villa”—came into the highlight following an nameless criticism that was submitted to the Facebook web page of a provincial anti-corruption group. The grievance referred to as into query the legality of the villa’s existence.
Witchawut Jinto, the governor of Surat Thani, stressed the reality that every part of the picturesque Koh Tao island is underneath the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department. He urged all concerned entities to probe into the problem and decide if the hideaway villa was constructed with valid permission or if it even holds the authorized proper to exist as a resort within the first place.
Watcharin Fahsiriporn, who serves because the mayor of Koh Tao municipality, confirmed that preliminary inspections have revealed that the resort failed to amass permission from the municipality earlier than continuing with the villa’s building. An official from the municipality posted a notice on the villa’s door this week, issuing an instruction for its immediate shutdown.
Watcharin additional talked about that his team can be probing into the potential for whether the development of the entire resort was carried out without authorized permission. Cape Shark Pool Villa Company, the proprietors of the resort, came into existence in May 2016 and holds a registered capital of six million baht (US$170,000)