Suchart reclaims 18 rai of Had Nui and probes illegal land holdings
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Key Quotes
"If I cannot reclaim state land for the people, I am not fit to serve as a minister because state land is the property of all Thai people."
หากไม่สามารถทวงคืนแผ่นดินของรัฐให้ประชาชนได้ ก็ไม่สมควรทำหน้าที่รัฐมนตรี เพราะที่ดินของรัฐคือสมบัติของคนไทยทุกคน
Key Entities
Person
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment who led the reclamation of Had Nui.
Worasit Liangprasit(วรศิษฎ์ เลียงประสิทธิ์)
Deputy Minister of Interior who discussed illegal land holdings by foreigners.
Attapol Charoenshansa(อรรถพล เจริญชันษา)
Director General of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
Nikorn Sirarojananon(นิกร ศิรโรจนานนท์)
Director General of the Royal Forest Department.
Khetrath Chansin(เขตรัฐ ชาญศิลป์)
Deputy Governor of Phuket.
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.
Organization
The ministry responsible for leading the demolition of forest encroachments.
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation(กรมอุทยานแห่งชาติ สัตว์ป่า และพันธุ์พืช)ℹ️
An agency involved in the joint operation to reclaim forest land.
The agency tasked with announcing Had Nui as a recreational forest.
Anti-Money Laundering Office(สำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน (ปปง.))
The agency coordinating with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to investigate financial trails.
Agricultural Land Reform Office(ส.ป.ก.)
One of the four agencies ordered to scan for illegal land areas.
Place
Had Nui(หาดนุ้ย)
A beach area in Karon Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket, that was encroached upon.
Khao Nak Koet National Reserved Forest(ป่าสงวนแห่งชาติป่าเทือกเขานาคเกิด)
The national reserved forest area that was illegally occupied.
The province serving as the pilot area for the Phuket Model to resolve state land encroachment.
A southern province being investigated for illegal land holdings by foreigners.
A southern province being investigated for illegal land holdings by foreigners.
A southern province being investigated for illegal land holdings by foreigners.
An island being investigated for illegal land holdings by foreigners.
An island being investigated for illegal land holdings by foreigners.
Policy
Phuket Model(ภูเก็ตโมเดล)
A pilot project to create a prototype for reclaiming state land to be expanded nationwide.