(Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)KANCHANABURI: Park authorities have ordered a former managing director of Thai Dairy Industry Co to tear down his resort within 30 days as it sits on public land in Erawan National Park. Park officials seized the houses after a 2014 survey using GPS confirmed the land was park property. Erawan National Park chief Porayut Waiwong said the area used to be a bamboo forest. Defying the demolition order carries a fine up to 300,000 baht and/or a jail term from one to three years. Prosecutors decided not to indict the resort owner, Siriyut Siriyutthaphong, saying he had no intention of committing wrongdoing.

Source: Bangkok Post February 28, 2020 13:52 UTC