“Tear it down, or we will.”
That’s the ultimatum officers have given the proprietor of a luxurious resort constructed on national park land in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand. The Phatsapada Resort, which consists of 17 chalets, has been built on land belonging to Khao Laem National Park. A demolition order, posted outside the property yesterday, provides the owner 7 days by which to drag it down.
“Failure to take action will see officials take cost of the demolition, at a price of 200,000 baht, which the owner will be obliged to pay.”
The Bangkok Post reports that the resort was just lately inherited by the heirs of its former proprietor, Ms Jarupha Detchinda, after she died. It’s understood Jarupha represented an alleged “high-ranking member of the military” who built the resort, based on Niphon Chamnongsirisak, from the Protected Areas Regional Office 3.
Jarupha had beforehand been fined 30,000 baht and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in January 2018. She was additionally required to pay 103,379 baht to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. A subsequent enchantment upheld the jail time period, however suspended it for 2 years, and her nice was reduced to 10,000 baht.
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