Parts of a Najomtien Sub-district resort has been ordered demolished for encroaching on a rai of public beachfront.
Gov. Khomsan Ekachai on Sept. 13 ordered Sattahip District Chief Noraset Sritapatso to move against the Ton Had Restaurant and Resort.
Land surveyor Klisada Charoensook led sailors from the Sattahip Naval Base to take backhoes and tractors to tear down a wall near the beach.
Noraset accused property owner Udom Suntorn of encroaching on public land since 2001 when he was first cited for a swimming pool and other facilities on public land. Numerous deadlines passed without him removing the infringing property without government officials enforcing them.
Sattahip officials this time billed Udom 480,000 baht for the demolition.
Inspectors also found 15 other vendors in the beach area encroaching on the beachfront. Legal action will now be taken against them.
