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73 Karen villagers from Phetchaburi wave as they leave the protest site outside Government House on Tuesday. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday insisted Karen villagers would not be allowed to return to live in Phetchaburi s Kaeng Krachan National Park. The PM made the categorical statement, despite the government having just accepted all of the villagers demands for consideration, upon which the villagers on Tuesday agreed to leave their protest site outside Government House. All their demands had been accepted for consideration, said Gen Prayut, and action would be taken to solve their problems. But he added: No one will ever be allowed to return to live in Bang Kloi-Jai Paen Din village. For those villagers who do not have any farmland, they will be provided with some. ....
DPM poised to reach deal with Karen protesters 1 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. ....
Karen forest dwellers nabbed published : 6 Mar 2021 at 11:00 5 Ten Karen villagers who returned to their land at Bang Kloi-Jai Paen Din inside Phetchaburi s Kaeng Krachan National Park have been arrested, according to a human rights lawyer. Waraporn Utairangsee, a lawyer for the Human Rights Lawyers Association, said she learned about the arrests from the forest dwellers and that the detainees had been taken to the office of Kaeng Krachan National Park. Ms Waraporn said the detainees include family members of the late Karen spiritual leader Ko-ee Mimee who was known for his unwavering fight against a violent eviction in 2011. Pachara Khamchamnan, who works for the Northern Development Foundation, reported the incident on Facebook on Friday morning. He quoted a park official as saying authorities were complying with legal procedures. ....
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