In one of its latest controversies, the Harbour Office at Nakhon Phanom is allegedly involved in illicit aid towards sand dredging business owners, causing significant revenue loss to the Thai government. A leaked conversation reportedly revealed that the Harbour director purportedly leveraged legal loopholes to aid the said business owners by contravening sand dredging regulations in the Mekong River.
Reporters yesterday embarked on a journey to Nakhon Phanom, a province in northeastern Thailand, after receiving tips about the Harbour Office’s Nakhon Phanom branch providing undue assistance to sand dredging businesses that were allegedly exploiting legal loopholes. Stories of these illegal activities first emerged after locals raised concerns about non-compliance with sand dredging regulations.
Following the allegations, Nakhon Phanom’s Provincial…
