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Anti-graft agency to probe officials' role in land misuse
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/12/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is preparing to investigate whether any state officials were engaged in alleged land encroachment in Saraburi.
Is the writing on the wall for Prawit?
News, Published on 30/09/2024
» The first rule for every MP or senator is to attend parliamentary meetings on a regular basis. There are two sessions, each lasting 120 days, within a year. That means parliamentarians work only 240 days in a year, but the days they are supposed to sit in parliament to deliberate bills are even less.
30 detained for forest violations, illegal entry
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 14/09/2024
» Thirty people, including nine children, were arrested yesterday for crossing the border illegally, encroaching on forest land, and destroying the forest in Srinagarindra Dam National Park in Kanchanaburi.
Bhumjaithai leaders accused of forest park land grab
Post Reporters, Published on 22/08/2024
» Lawyer Pattharpong Supassorn submitted a petition to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Wednesday against Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul and the party secretary-general Chaichanok Chidchob over their alleged involvement in land encroachment in Khao Kradong Forest Park of Buri Ram.
Olympic tiddlywinks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/08/2024
» Re: "Hip-hop vibe: Breakers get single shot at glory in Paris", (Sports, July 10).
Rage over plan to raze Thai national park for farming
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2024
» The ongoing public hearings organised by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) over a plan to declare 265,286 rai of land in Thap Lan National Park as no longer being protected forest land -- paving the way for these parts of the park to be used for agricultural purposes -- have sparked heated debate.
Protect park, people
News, Editorial, Published on 10/07/2024
» The #savethaplan -- a conservation campaign against the use of the "One Map" policy to redraw the demarcation of national parks -- is now trending in the top spot on Thai social media.
Ex-minister Supachai ‘guilty of forest encroachment’
Published on 25/04/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found former deputy agriculture minister Supachai Phosu guilty of severe ethical misconduct in connection with illegal occupation of a forest reserve in Nakhon Phanom province.
Needless forest evictions persist
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2024
» Amid the biological richness of Kaeng Krachan National Park, while forest authorities celebrate the importance of wildlife, a troubling practice of forcibly evicting native forest dwellers in the name of wildlife and biodiversity protection continues unabated. This violation of the forest dweller's rights must cease.
Gold miner Akara Resources faces indictment for alleged encroachment
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/12/2023
» The Department of Special Investigation has decided to indict Akara Resources Plc, a gold mining firm, and three other suspects in an encroachment case, Wirun Chanthananan, chief prosecutor in the special litigation office at the DSI's Bureau of Special Case Management said on Sunday.