A Chinese businessman's purchase of state-owned land in Kanchanaburi will be subject to an urgent Department of Special Investigation (DSI) probe today. "But such actions only legitimise [illegal] land usage," Pol Lt Col Prawut said. Provincial authorities have informed local administrative bodies of the problems, but Pol Lt Col Prawut has no idea why the tax collection continues. "DSI and other agencies must jointly draw up a land usage model for these purposes," Pol Lt Col Prawut said. But the DSI can continue its probe into 4,000 rai of state-owned land over which officials allegedly issued illegal land documents.

Source: Bangkok Post August 15, 2017 23:37 UTC