GOVERNMENT officials are preparing to file civil lawsuits seeking compensation from 10 resort operators found guilty of encroaching on or misusing land in Phu Tub Berk, a popular destination in Phetchabun province,the director of the Forest Protection and Fire Control Office said yesterday.
Atthapol Charoenchansa said the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) had also assigned Manop SaiUnjai, head of the Forest Resource Management Office 4, to ask the provincial public prosecutor to file a request for legal execution to the Lomsak Provincial Court - to make way for the demolition of resorts.
The RFD is gathering information to consider filing civil lawsuits against the 10 resorts to seek additional compensation of about Bt90,000-Bt150,000 per rai, he said.
Chonlatit Surasawadee, chief of the RFD, said officials have been inspecting the resorts since Sunday to confirm the alleged misuse of state land. He said the department had initially concluded that new investors accounted for more than half of the alleged encroachment on forestland at Phu Tub Berk.