Suchart pushes AMLO asset seizure for Thap Lan resort encroachers

Khaosod•Society•13h ago

Reader Briefing

Minister Suchart Chomklin is pursuing asset seizures and money laundering charges against capitalists encroaching on Thap Lan National Park.

•Suchart Chomklin announced strict legal action against capitalists operating hotels and resorts in Thap Lan National Park.
•Authorities have posted demolition notices for three properties and one owner has volunteered to demolish their own structure.
•The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will submit data to the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) by the end of August 2026.

Overview

•Suchart Chomklin announced the continued suppression of encroachment in Thap Lan National Park while assisting citizens with legal land rights.
•Officials posted demolition notices for the owners of Rimpha Resort, a luxury vacation home, and Wiman Mok Wang Nam Khiao in Thai Samakkhi Subdistrict, Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima.
•The owner of Starwell Home Garden Resort expressed a desire to demolish their own structures.
•Suchart Chomklin ordered the Protected Areas Regional Office 1 (Prachinburi), Protected Areas Regional Office 7 (Nakhon Ratchasima), and Thap Lan National Park to compile data on all previously prosecuted hotels and resorts by the end of August 2026.
•The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will propose the gathered information to the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to consider asset seizures under money laundering laws.
•Suchart Chomklin stated that those seeking benefit from national resources through encroachment will face the full extent of the law, including imprisonment from 1-10 years or fines from 20,000-200,000 Baht.

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Key Quotes

Suchart Chomklin

"The government has a clear policy to separate people living with the forest from the group of capitalists."

รัฐบาล มีนโยบายชัดเจน ในการแยกคนอยู่กับป่าออกจากกลุ่มนายทุน

Key Entities

Person

Suchart Chomklin(สุชาติ ชมกลิ่น)ℹ️

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

Anutin Charnvirakul(อนุทิน ชาญวีรกูล)ℹ️

Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

Niphon Jamnongsirisak(นิพนธ์ จำนงสิริศักดิ์)

Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Chairman of the Working Group to Assist Communities in Thap Lan National Park.

Tewin Meesap(เทวินทร์ มีทรัพย์)

Head of the Working Group for Plot-by-Plot Rights Verification and Law Enforcement.

Opas Walaiphet(โอภาส วลัยเพ็ชร)

Advisor to the Special Task Force of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Prawattisart Chanthap(ประวัติศาสตร์ จันทร์เทพ)

Head of Thap Lan National Park.

Organization

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(กระทรวงทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม)ℹ️

The ministry leading the suppression of encroachment in Thap Lan National Park.

Anti-Money Laundering Office(สำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน)

The organization that will consider asset seizures under money laundering laws.

Protected Areas Regional Office 1 (Prachinburi)(สำนักงานบริหารพื้นที่อนุรักษ์ที่ 1 (ปราจีนบุรี))

An office ordered to compile data on hotels and resorts that have been prosecuted.

Protected Areas Regional Office 7 (Nakhon Ratchasima)(สำนักงานบริหารพื้นที่อนุรักษ์ที่ 7 (นครราชสีมา))

An office ordered to compile data on hotels and resorts that have been prosecuted.

Rimpha Resort(ริมผา รีสอร์ต)

A resort in Wang Nam Khiao District that received a court-ordered demolition notice.

Wiman Mok Wang Nam Khiao(วิมานหมอก วังน้ำเขียว)

A resort in Wang Nam Khiao District that received a court-ordered demolition notice.

Starwell Home Garden(สตาร์เวลล์ โฮม การ์เด้น)

A resort owner who expressed a desire to demolish their own structures.

Place

Thap Lan National Park(อุทยานแห่งชาติทับลาน)ℹ️

The national park area where illegal encroachment by capitalists has occurred.

Thai Samakkhi Subdistrict, Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province(ตำบลไทยสามัคคี อำเภอวังน้ำเขียว จังหวัดนครราชสีมา)

The location where demolition notices were posted.