More than 1,000 rai of land in Ranong's Laem Son national park have fallen into private hands following the granting of ownership documents by local land officials working in collusion with claimants who supplied them with false evidence, according to forestry officials. Officials of the Forest Protection Division 1 (Central Region) said a total of 1,031 rai of land in the national park had been granted to people who made false statements to back up their claims on the land.