Countless protesters plan to converge on the capital plus submit a petition to His Majesty the King wanting to stop forestry authorities from dismantling hotels on the popular Wednesday Cham Hill in Chiang Mai.
Eknarin Natheepraiwan, a protest head, said the protesters originally planned to create out on foot through Chiang Mai to Bangkok. However , these people changed their thoughts and will travel in cars instead as much youngsters are signing up for them.
The protests started at the end of last month when forestry, law enforcement and local administrative officials moved within on the area to try and remove resorts they insisted had been built illegally on the hill.
The authorities also supposed people were holding the perfect to access some places for business proxies.
Last night, hundreds of protesters marched from the lookout point at Ban Mai on the hill to the Royal Project Farming Development Centre within Nong Hoi exactly where they gathered just before travelling in their vehicles to the government complex in downtown Chiang Mai.
They said they had petitioned the King with the provincial office once before to settle the dispute. However , someone said there has been no improvement, so they planned arranging a fresh one, this time around in Bangkok, to find justice.
Mr Eknarin mentioned the protesters would like authorities to confirm the residents’ rights to own the land on the hill using aerial photos and authentic maps which can reliably ascertain the land ownership.
These can avoid the authorities pressing encroachment charges against residents, Mr Eknarin mentioned, adding protesters were concerned the chart that the forestry authorities used may be “fake”.
He or she insisted land plots on the hill had been bought or sold.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said yesterday simply no land in the Friday Cham area is certainly privately owned and for that reason, cannot be put up on the market.