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	The ombudsman suggested that officials be lenient with those who are honest and strict with those who are deliberately encroaching upon state property.&nbsp;</div>
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	According to the recommendations, people who were living in national forests well before the land law took effect on December 1, 1954 should not be seen as encroaching.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;They should be allowed to continue living there,&rdquo; Ombudsman Siracha Charoenpanij advised Thursday.</div>
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