Speculators have been snapping up huge tracts of land in three districts of Ranong province along the potential route of the Chumphon-Ranong deep-sea port link and this is causing severe problems for local people, a Ranong resident said on Sunday.

An elderly Thai couple and their 33-year-old son have said they are prpeared to crawl to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-cha’s office to receive help in their battle with an alleged land-grabbing investor.