Island exploitation clean-up gathers momentum

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The Thai government is intensifying efforts to reclaim public land from foreign-owned businesses, starting with recent activities in Koh Phangan and Freedom Beach in Phuket. This clean-up campaign is part of a larger initiative to tackle illegal land encroachment.

The government has declared war on the encroachment of public land and the use of Thai nominees to front foreign-owned businesses, starting with Koh Phangan in Surat Thani and at Freedom Beach in Phuket.