The forest encroachment saga involving Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Vilawan, her father and a group of people in Khao Yai National Park shows double standards being practised by state authorities regarding forest protection policy and implementation.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission earlier this week found there were sufficient grounds for legal action against the politician, her father Soonthorn Vilawan who is head of the Prachin Buri Provincial Administration Organisation, and a group of individuals who were found to have illegally occupied at least 150 rai of forest land in a part of Khao Yai National Park in Prachin Buri.
