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.