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    Buying property in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 17/02/2006, Last updated on: 11/11/2011

    » Nothing much to say here is there, i think that IAN has told us all there is to know and believe me.......... .he's right.

    • Anonymous commented : go, Samui was known as a paradise island with beautiful beaches and verdant forests. As tourism grew, property developers descended on the island. New hotels and luxury housing projects sprouted up. Land prices skyrocketed. Samui is back in the news, but for a different reason. Two weeks ago, Surat Thani provincial authorities began looking into possible encroachment onto forest reserve land and other illegal ownership. Caretaker Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat flew to the island with investigators. He said there was evidence that several plots of land around Khao Dang and Khao Duangnok might have been obtained illegally for sale to foreigners. Meanwhile, another investigation was launched by Pien Yongnu, head of the Bangkok Metropolitan Waterworks Labour Union, who claimed that leading members of the ruling Thai Rak Thai party had bought large parcels of land from local villagers and later obtained title deeds. Sand was dumped onto rocky beaches while local authorities were ordered to cut a new road into the area, Mr Pien claimed. Our own investigations reveal that foreign companies are involved in the current land development boom on Samui. Big advertisements for property projects have appeared in Thai and foreign media to draw foreign buyers. Some of these projects are operated by foreigners who use Thai proxies to set up companies here. With a lot of money at their disposal, these foreign property developers buy land along the beaches and on the hills. We urge caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to look into this matter and take action against anyone found to have violated the law.

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    Red-shirts return

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/09/2010

    » The red-shirt movement is showing new signs of life as the fourth anniversary of the 2006 coup which ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra approaches.

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    Reds protest peacefully

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/09/2010

    » Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.

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    Reds protest peacefully

    Published on 20/09/2010

    » Red shirt rallies in Bangkok and up-country to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup yesterday were large and peaceful.

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    Pasuk & Baker on Social movements in Thailand: Part 1

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/09/2010

    » Renowned historians of Thailand husband and wife team Pasuk Phongpaichit & Chris Baker provide the big picture behind Thailand's political conflict.

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    General Anupong steps down

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/09/2010

    » Wassana Nanuam, one the Bangkok Post's top reporters, takes a critical look at outgoing General Anupong Paojinda's time as army chief.

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    Gen Prayuth takes command

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/10/2010

    » Bangkok Post military affairs reporter Wassana Nanuam turns her attention from the outgoing to the incoming army chief.

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    Chalerm chats with the Bangkok Post

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/10/2010

    » Veteran politician Chalerm Yubangrung told the Bangkok Post it was time for his Puea Thai party to make full use of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's popularity.

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    Khunying Potjaman gets her money back

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/10/2010

    » Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra was never able to develop this land in the Ratchadaphisek area, but she did earn a nice little profit nevertheless.

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    Arisman's problem

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/10/2010

    » Red shirt leader Arisman Pongruengrong may have a problem staying in Cambodia – if that is where is actually is.

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