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Karen need govt support
published : 16 Feb 2021 at 04:00
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As a working group on the plight of Bang Kloi ethnic Karen villagers evicted from their ancestral land in Kaeng Krachan National Park prepares to start its mission, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government must ensure that all threats and intimidation by state authorities cease and a solution to this long-standing problem is found that is both just and fair.
A group of ethnic Karen decided earlier last month to leave the relocation site, called Bang Kloi Lang or Lower Bang Kloi to travel back to Jai Paen Din village from which they were evicted in 1996 as the state wanted to register the forest complex as a Unesco world heritage site. Many have complained that they did not receive farmland promised by the state, while those that did found their plots barren and unusable without lots of chemicals which goes against their principles of sustainable, enironmentally friendly farming practices.