The Forestry Department has lodged a complaint with police against an elder sister of ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong for encroaching on state land in Chaiyaphum.
Surachai Achalaboon, director-general of the Forestry Department, said he conducted initial inspections of some of the plots of land that may be illegally owned by the ex-monk.
Mr Sompong allegedly spent 10 million baht to purchase 300 rai of Sor Por Kor (agricultural land reform) plots in violation of the law.
The action follows activist Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution, filing a petition to the Royal Forest Department (RFD).
The petition called on the RFD to look into claims that 300 rai of Sor Por Kor land…
