Rubber plantation owners rally in front of Yingluck's house

A group of 60 rubber plantation owners rallied in front of the house of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra early Tuesday morning.

The members of the Rubber Plantation Owners Cooperative of Thailand arrived at the house of Yingluck on Soi Yothin Pattana 3 on a road beside the Ram-Indra Expressway at 5:45 am.

They demanded an investigation agians the executives of the rubber planting subsidy fund, alleging that there were irregularities behind the purchase of 30,000 tons of fertilizers for the rubber tree growers.

The demonstrators agreed to move to the Government House after Phurithat Chankaew, a staff of the PM's secretary team, informed them that the prime minister did not stay at the house Monday's night.

The Nation