Temple land in Phuket seized after deadly landslides
published : 2 Sep 2024 at 07:14
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
The Royal Forest Department (RFD) on Saturday seized about 5 rai of land at the top of Nak Koet hill in Phuket believed to be linked to the Aug 23 landslides that killed 13 people.
Phuket's Royal Forest Centre said the land, located in the Wat Phra Yai temple ground, was part of a reserve forest.
An investigation found a car park was built in the monastery area without permission.
The RFD has filed the complaint with the Karon police station and the land seizure has been declared.
A land encroachment charge had been pressed against the Phra Ming Mongkul Satthra 45 Foundation, the operator of the hilltop temple.
Police said an investigation has been conducted to find out whether the temple was responsible for the incident.
The landslides following heavy rains in the early hours of Aug 23 resulted in 13 deaths and more than 50 damaged properties.
The president of the Phra Ming Mongkul Satthra 45 Foundation has been summoned for a police inquiry on Thursday.
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Vocabulary
- declare: to announce officially that something is true or happening - ประกาศ ยืนยัน
- encroachment: gradually covering more and more of an area of land - การบุกรุก
- incident: something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์
- landslide: a mass of rock and earth moving suddenly and quickly down a steep slope - แผ่นดินถล่ม
- monastery: a building or series of buildings in which monks live, worship and work together - วัด, ที่อยู่อาศัยของพร
- operator (noun): a person or company that runs a business - ผู้ดำเนินกิจการทางธุรกิจ, ผู้ประกอบธุรกิจ
- permission: allowing someone to do something - การอนุญาต,การอนุมัติ,การยินยอม
- property: a building or buildings and the surrounding land - อสังหาริมทรัพย์
- reserve forests: protected forests; forests that are set aside for animals, trees and plants -
- responsible for: deserving to be blamed for something that has happened - มีความรับผิดชอบ
- seize: to take control of a place or situation - เข้ายึดพื้นที่
- seizure: the act of taking control of something, especially by using power or force - การบุกเข้ายึด
- summon: to officially order someone to come to a place - เรียกตัว
