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Forestry officials take legal action against Hmong on Phetchabun mountain

Officials inspect a resort hotel on Phu Thap Boek in Lom Kao district, Phetchabun, on Monday, when they were blocked from leaving the mountain for hours. (Photo: Sunthorn Kongvarakhom)

PHETCHABUN: Local forestry officials on Wednesday asked police to take legal action against the Hmong people who blocked them from exiting a resort hotel that allegedly encroached on Phu Thap Boek mountain - while authorities questioned why they had previously turned a blind eye to the matter.

A group of local officials at the Royal Forest Department filed the complaint at the Lom Kao police station seeking legal action against a group of people who prevented them from leaving a resort hotel on the mountain after they completed a survey there.

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