Activist Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution, on Wednesday petitioned the director-general of the Royal Forestry Department to expedite an investigation into an alleged land purchase by former monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong and his relatives.
The petition cited the Royal Forestry Department chief’s order for officials to investigate reports that Mr Sompong, formerly a popular preacher of Dhamma, had purchased about 300 rai of Sor Por Kor land, which is reserved for agricultural reform, in Khon San district of Chaiyaphum province.
Officials from the Nakhon Ratchasima-based Forest Resource Management Office 8 found that the…
