The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission is preparing to sue resort developers suspected of encroaching on protected land in the Khao Yai national park as well as any state officials found to have assisted them.
PACC secretary-general Ampon Wongsiri yesterday said the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department had asked him to examine 22 land plots covering 250 rai near Tharn Thip waterfall in the Khao Yai National Park in Prachin Buri's Prachantakham district where officials have found evidence of encroachment.
Mr Ampon said influential individuals had used land rights documents to claim ownership of the plots.
Issuing land rights documents for forest reserve areas is prohibited by law. PACC will ask the Land Department and the Royal Forest Department to investigate.
Any land title deeds issued for areas in the Khao Yai national park will be revoked and authorities found to have been involved in issuing of the land documents will face legal action.
Meanwhile, Suthep Pawareswitthayalarn, chief of Nakhon Ratchasima's forest management bureau, said forestry officials yesterday finished searching 22 resorts suspected of encroaching on the Khao Phu Luang forest reserve in Wang Nam Khieo. Next week, authorities will begin to search a further 17 resorts suspected to have been built in protected areas of the Khao Phu Luang forest reserve.
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