Thailand’s Foundation for Consumers is offering free legal counselling to buyers of condominium units at the Ashton Asoke luxury condominium in Bangkok, if they want to cancel the purchase contracts, and to seek a refund from the developer, Ananda Development.
On Thursday, the Supreme Administrative Court ordered the construction permit for the condominium project to be revoked, after it ruled that it is illegal for the Mass Rapid Transit Authority to allow land that was expropriated from private landowners for the Blue Line train project to be used by the condominium for access to and from Asoke Road.
Narumon Mekborisut, deputy director of the foundation, said that buyers of the condos have been affected by the Supreme Administrative Court ruling.
She said that the revocation of the construction permit was not the fault of the buyers and, therefore, they are entitled to cancel…
