Karen settler sues

TUESDAY, MAY 01, 2012
Karen settler sues

A Karen settler is suing the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and the Department of National Parks (DNP) for Bt2.6 million in compensation for driving him out of his home and making false accusations in a crackdown last year.

 

Nor-ea Memi’s house, located at the Thai-Myanmar border overlapping the Kaeng Krachan National Park, was burned down and he was arrested over accusations of being a member of the KNU Karen terrorist group. 
This was despite the fact that Nor-ea is a Thai citizen.
Chiwat Limlikitaksorn, the park’s chief, had ordered officials to crackdown on a Karen village in the area on May 5-9 last year and arrest the residents.