Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment officials examine the villa built illegally on a beach on Koh Tao in Surat Thani’s Koh Phangan district. The owner has agreed to remove it. (Photo supplied)
SURAT THANI: The owner of a small villa built illegally on a beach on Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district has agreed to its demolition.
The single-storey stone-faced concrete building covers 48 square metres and encroaches on a beach on Koh Tao. and is privately owned by a resort company.
The villa was built on a rocks with direct access to the sea and belongs to Cape Shark Villas, a luxury resort with at least 30 pool villas on its hilltop property in the island’s south.
It became controversial after the provincial anti-corruption…
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