Park dwellers' prosecution likely to be delayed
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25 May 2021 at 18:58
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Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow holds talks with Karen villagers and right activists in front of Government House on Feb 15 to discuss the villagers’ demand to return and live in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi. (File photo: Chanat Katanyu)
Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow on Tuesday agreed to ask the prosecution to delay legal proceedings against 28 villagers living in Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Speaking after accepting a petition from the Save Bang Kloi Coalition, Capt Thamanat said he would send a formal request to public prosecutors in charge of the case to consider delaying the proceedings.