The remaining 13 illegal resorts on Phu Thap Boek mountain in Phetchabun province's Lom Kao district will be dismantled, says deputy Phetchabun governor Krit Khongmuang. (Photo by Sunthorn Kongwarakom)PHETCHABUN - Provincial authorities have vowed to go ahead with the National Council for Peace and Order’s order to knock down illegal resorts on Phu Thap Boek, the popular mountain attraction in Phetchabun after owners of the remaining 13 resorts defied the order to dismantle them. In 1966, the government gave the Social Development and Welfare Department permission to use about 47,000 rai of land on Phu Thap Boek as resettlement areas for Hmong hill tribe people, drawn from various provinces of the country. Phu Thap Boek, the highest mountain in Phetchabun province, is home to the largest cabbage plantation in the country. The remaining 13 resorts whose owners have yet to demolish will be knocked down soon.

Source: Bangkok Post June 24, 2017 06:33 UTC