Family Cries Foul After Government Agencies Seize Land and Demolish Home Despite Lawyer's Warnings
A Sing Buri family lost nearly a third of their inherited land to government encroachment and had their home demolished without compensation, prompting their lawyer to file complaints with the Ministry of Interior.
A Sing Buri family brought their land deed to lawyer Ratchapol Sirisakorn on May 24, 2569, seeking assistance. The group included 35-year-old Nathapol, 37-year-old Karakade, 73-year-old Calvin, and 72-year-old Kanyani, claiming they suffered hardship when forced to demolish their home and lost land to public road construction without compensation. Karakade explained the family had owned the property in Tambon Bangman, Muang District, Sing Buri for decades, inherited through their mother. Upon returning to settle on their own land, they discovered it had shrunk from 2 rai 23.7 square wah to just 1 rai 27 square wah—losing 100 square wah to government encroachment on both front and rear. When they objected to the municipality, officials claimed the 10-year-old encroachment was now state property and told them to accept it.
Kanyani recounted attempting to seek justice from the municipal president about the demolition, but was told to let it go. Within days, the municipality sent workers to demolish the house anyway. The shifting statements caused her blood pressure and diabetes to spike. Lawyer Ratchapol is now compiling documentation to file complaints with the Ministry of Interior and the government's complaint center, seeking damages for the unauthorized land encroachment for public purposes without the owner's consent.
