Deputy Director General of DSI visit Phuket area Responding to the problem of encroaching on the National Reserved Forest at Bang Khanun Forest Park It is a special case, the entire plot of more than 3,000 rai.
Mr. Piya Rakskul, Deputy Director-General of DSI, visited the area in Phuket. Follow the problem of encroaching on the National Forest Reserve, Bang Khanun Forest Park, Thalang District, where the Royal Forest Department allowed the Navy to use more than 3,763 rai in March. The Navy Region 3 plans to use an area of 486 rai to build an anti-aircraft and coastal defense unit. But it was found that until now, there are still some groups of invaders who have been clearing, surveying and pinning to show the occupied territory continuously. Even though the sign was embroidered forbidding the offence.
Today, Vice Admiral Arpakorn Yukongkaew, Commander of the 3rd Naval Area, handed over the information of the invaders. associated with capitalists to the Deputy Director-General of DSI to be used as evidence for the trial as well Confirmed that if the rights were proved, it was found that the group was poor and had no land to cultivate. will be relieved to live and make a living But if found to be a group of capitalists, DSI must come in and take action whether it falls under the money laundering law or not.
The Deputy Director General of the DSI stated that the DSI originally accepted it as a special case. Especially in the plot that the Royal Forest Department allowed Thalang Technical College to use about 142 rai, but found that over the past several years Some capitalists and influential groups have invaded. Until the college petitioned DSI to help and investigate. Because they are afraid that they will not be safe, which DSI is in the process of summoning relevant people to investigate
As for the area that the Royal Forest Department allows this navy. Almost all of them have invaded to benefit. The DSI therefore accepted this matter as a special case. After this, all involved parties, including government agencies, will be called. And a group of intruders come to check and clarify, confirming that DSI will be open to all parties involved to clarify. Which must be said according to the evidence and according to the law
For Bang Khanun Forest Park National Reserved Forest It is considered the last large piece of ancient forest that is a flat forest remaining in Phuket. It was declared a protected forest since 1938. After that, in 1964, it was declared a national reserved forest, which used to be a very fertile forest with a total area of almost 5,000 rai.
Information from the Forest Department indicates that At present, 85 plots of land have been traded in this conserved forest area, with an area of approximately 735 rai, and it is also found that the area has been encroached until the remaining forest area is less than 700 rai, with an area of more than 3,000 rai allowed by the Royal Forest Department. Let the Navy take advantage on March 1, the past. Found that almost the entire forest including upstream forests It has become an area that has been invaded, cleared and exploited by both villagers and capitalists. Until causing conflicts between the intruders who claimed to live before With the Royal Thai Navy that has been authorized by the Royal Forest Department to use it now. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency