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DPM poised to reach deal with Karen protesters
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published : 16 Mar 2021 at 07:11
1 Karen villagers and rights activists rally in front of Government House as they demand to return and live in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon was confident on Monday that the Save Bang Kloi movement, a group camped outside Government House in protest at the government s handling of a dispute involving Karen villagers in Phetchaburi s Kaeng Krachan National Park, will go home on Tuesday after reaching an agreement.
The group is protesting alongside the People s Movement for a Just Society (P-move), another group demanding a resolution to the matter. A meeting was planned for today between members of the group and government officials.
Varawut insists progress being made in settling Bang Kloi land issues
published : 16 Mar 2021 at 17:31
23 Progressive Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit visits Karen villagers at their protest site near Government House on Monday night.(Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has defended the government s handling of problems involving Karen people from upper Bang Kloi village in Kaeng Kachan district of Phetchaburi province.
The minister said the issue was being politicised, while the ministry was trying to solve the problems at their roots.
The problems centred on a long-standing land conflict between the Karen and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). The government was taking action to solve the issues and progress was being made, he said.
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Protesters to spend night near Government House
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Three Ratsadon groups converge to press three demands
published : 13 Mar 2021 at 16:55
17 Protesters hold strips of sticky notes with 112 written on them at Democracy Monument in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon. Abolishing Section 112, the lese majeste law in the Criminal Code, is one of their demands. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Three pro-democracy groups under the Ratsadon banner staged separate rallies on Saturday before converging near Government House to press their demands, with plans to stay overnight.
The Dern Talu Fah v2 (Walk through the Sky) march consisted of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, New Generation Nonthaburi Network and Vocational Students Against Dictatorship.