PHUKET: About 150 protesters descended on Phuket Provincial Hall today believing that they could lose their family homes in a bank's move to take over a large tract of land.
The protesters said that the Chalermprakeat and Kaktanod areas of Chalong were home to about 200 to 300 families but that notices have been issued to them all calling for them to move because a bank is the real owner.
The protesters admitted to Vice Governor Suthee Tongyam that they did not have title deeds but said some of them had been living in the area for as long as 20 years.
They asked the vice governor to check with the bank and with the Land Titles office to make sure that the eviction notices were legally justified.
Later today, Governor Nisit Jansomwong said that his understanding was that the bank came by ownership of the 80 or 90 rai involved because of a non-performing loan and that the bank appeared within its rights in asking the residents to vacate.
The protesters said that the Chalermprakeat and Kaktanod areas of Chalong were home to about 200 to 300 families but that notices have been issued to them all calling for them to move because a bank is the real owner.
The protesters admitted to Vice Governor Suthee Tongyam that they did not have title deeds but said some of them had been living in the area for as long as 20 years.
They asked the vice governor to check with the bank and with the Land Titles office to make sure that the eviction notices were legally justified.
Later today, Governor Nisit Jansomwong said that his understanding was that the bank came by ownership of the 80 or 90 rai involved because of a non-performing loan and that the bank appeared within its rights in asking the residents to vacate.
"This land is your land, This land is my land..
..This land, was made for you and me."
- 1967 song used for Canada's 100'th birthday - perhaps the diddy could be revisited on Phuket..
Posted by farang888 on September 14, 2015 21:16