The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment posted a response to Ice Rakchanok, stating that the birthday celebration for Suchat was a customary expression of goodwill toward the highly respected Minister of Natural Resources and Environment. They emphasized that the draft schedule was not an official document.
On 16 July 2026, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's Facebook page posted a clarification regarding Ms. Rakchanok Srinok, a party-list MP from the People's Party, who had posted a schedule of birthday activities for Mr. Suchat Chomklin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, from the previous day (15 July 2026). The clarification stated that as the ministry was currently preparing to explain the 2027 budget, a management meeting was held to discuss and prepare for the budget briefing and to receive policy guidance from the Minister. The Minister emphasized working for the public benefit on issues such as transboundary pollution, forest fires and haze, climate change adaptation, resolving land tenure problems including the Thap Lan case, and distinguishing between local people and investors in forest encroachment cases. Additionally, as it was the Minister’s birthday, a customary goodwill gesture was made by ministry staff, who hold the Minister in high regard, during a short period following the policy briefing. The draft schedule that appeared in the media...
...was not an official document in any way, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment spokesperson.
