Similar to the demolition of the historical Supreme Court buildings in Bangkok, the leveling of a green area in Chiang Mai to pave the way for the construction of houses for judicial staff and court offices is unnecessary, costly and damaging.
They both set bad examples, overlooking the importance of the conservation of historical architecture for the former and the protection of the environment for the latter.
When the Court of Justice brushed up a decades-old project to tear down a group of old Supreme Court buildings in 2012 to build new ones, it drew fierce opposition.
