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Thanathorn’s mum faces land charges

Somporn Juangroongruangkit, centre, helps campaign for the Future Forward Party in Bangkok in 2018. (File photo)

The Royal Forest Department on Wednesday filed charges against the mother of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit — who was leader of the Future Forward Party until it was dissolved — for unlawfully owning at least 77 plots of forest land in Ratchaburi including 450 rai in reserved forests.

Department chief Adisorn Noochdumrong pressed charges against Somporn Juangroongruangkit with the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division (NRECD) on Wednesday.

Mr Adisorn said the department found Ms Somporn unlawfully owned plots of forest land as accused by Pareena Kraikupt, the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP for Ratchaburi and local people who had applied for community forest land rights…

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