National Park officials condemned for allowing a sailboat to destroy Krabi reef
Thai netizens condemned National Park officials for failing to do their job after seeing images of a touristsailboat destroying a coral reef in the southern province of Krabi.
Earlier this week, the environmental activist Facebook page Monsoon Garbage Thailand posted photos of a white sailboat docking over the coral reef near Yawasam Island. The page explained that the island was under the care of Hat Nappharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phinational park and was prohibited from docking.
The page included pictures taken under the boat showing that the bottom of the sailboat crashed into the reef.
Some Thai netizens suggested that corruption might have played a role and that the travel agency that owned the boat may have paid off officials to turn a…
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