There’s fresh trouble in the forests around Kirirom. Some folks just can't seem to stay out of trouble, always trying to carve up state land protected by royal decrees and turn it into private property.
Local media point out that this mountain area is already a sensitive spot, hit with one restriction after another. Still, some people figure the mountains are high and the king is far away, so they can quietly grab whatever they can get. Ride a moto deep into the woods, and you'll spot all sorts of haphazard land-grabbing markers.
Rangers have to head out on patrols every few days just to keep an eye on these land-grabbing schemes. Anyone who's lived around here for a while knows it's never easy to protect a patch of mountain. With so many eyes on it, the people looking to cash in never really give up.
