The Supreme Court ruled that the beaches are public lands, giving a victory to the state agency side. Paisit said the DSI would now wait for the Land Office to revoke the land title deeds along the beaches before proceeding to file encroachment charges against the suspects. After the deed revocation, the Phuket governor will ask the National Land Committee’s approval for its official status as “state-owned” lands, which would also be published in the Royal Gazette. Then the Land Office could issue a Nor Sor Lor (state-owned land title deed) document. Paisit said that the land was being encroached on and used for hotel and tourism businesses.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 03, 2017 13:07 UTC