As land occupants cooperated rather than resisted, officials on Monday demolished two resorts encroaching on Doi Luang Chiang Dao forest in Chiang Mai province as per a court ruling, said Chiang Dao District Office deputy chief for national security Phermkiat Thephassadin Na Ayutthaya.

FOUR PIERS allegedly constructed to specially transport Chinese tourists to popular islands in Phang-nga province, including the famed Similan, have been found to be encroaching upon the forest reserve of Khlong Thung Maprao.