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REVEALED: Court returns doi suthep in chiang ma to treasury department | Vintage Vibes

An aerial view in May 2018 shows a controversial housing project for judicial officials at the foot of Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai. The project was later scrapped after protests by environmentalists and Chiang Mai residents. (Photo from Shinshiro Kenji Arthur Facebook account)

CHIANG MAI: The Region 5 Appeal Court on Wednesday handed over to the Treasury Department a plot of land at the foot of Doi Suthep, the site of a controversial housing project for judicial officials.

The move clears the way for the rehabilitation of the land, and followed renewed protests from a group of conservationists last month who demanded that the site's buildings be dismantled and the land rewilded. 

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