PUBLISHED: 21 Jan 2025 at 04 :00
The Department of Lands ( DoL ) has expressed no concern about possibly paying up to 7. 7 billion ringgit in payment after the Interior Ministry ordered the withdrawal of rights names for the Alpine Golf and Sports Club and near residential properties in Pathum Thani state.
Director-general Pornpoth Penpas said yesterday the ministry had act based on facts and court decisions if those affected by the withdrawal get decide to file claims.
Due to the court’s richness, any legal approach will probably take years.
His comments were in response to media reports that assistant permanent secretary for inside, Chamnanwit Terat, who oversees the ministry, signed an order last week to withdraw rights titles to the Alpine Golf and Sports Club and an adjacent private difficult in Khlong Luang area.
The order followed studies that the land formerly belonged to a Buddhist temple and, as for, could not be sold.
Chada Thaised, a top Bhumjaithai Party part, had reportedly signed a impeachment order before leaving office as deputy interior minister last year.
Mr Pornpoth, who expects to receive the order from the government later this year, said the office is fully aware of the implications if the property rights names are revoked as the discussion has lingered on for almost 20 decades.
The 924 ray of property in Klong Luang city was donated by a lady, Noem Chamnanchartsakda, to Wat Dhammamikaramvoraviharn, a temple in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, in 1971.
After her death, the Mahamongkut Ratchawittayalai Foundation was appointed executor of Noem’s estate.
The foundation sold the land to Alpine Real Estate and Alpine Golf and Sports Club.
The Shinawatra family currently holds the company’s shares, with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra formerly holding 22. 41 million before transferring them to her mother.
A source said that after revocation, land ownership would return to Wat Dhammamikaramvoraviharn, and the management of the temple could then lease it back to the present occupants, and the DoL could compensate the temple.
Citing a Sept 2, 2024 DoL report, Isara News suggested the Shinawatra family might have to take part in paying at least 7. 7 billion baht in compensation in the case if the temple chooses to sue the DoL for damages resulting from the nullification order.
The compensation comes from a total of 7. 22 billion baht in estimated price and 439. 05 million baht in mortgage capital.