Elderly Villager Arrests Backfire on Thai Government
Resistance to proposed industrial estate goes national
By: Murray Hunter
The arrests of 37 elderly Thai villagers in front of Government House in Bangkok for peacefully protesting a proposed industrial estate in the country’s deep south have backfired on the government of Prayuth Chan-ocha, with environmental activists, academics and local environmental organizations turning the dispute into a national issue…
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