Protesters demand legal action against Map Ta Phut factory
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A group of protesters Tuesday gathered outside the Government House to call on the government to take action on a recent factory explosion in Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong province and provide more assistance to those affected by the chemical fi
The head of Stop Global Warming Association, Sutthi Atchasai, who led the gathering, called for a government-commissioned chemical leak management and immediate imposition of industrial safety regulations, which he said had been lax, along with rehabiliation of areas near the factory.
Sutthi, who famously petitioned against lack of mandatory environmental study in the industrial estate which later resulted in most projects put on hold to this day, said the factory fire should be a precedent in establishing comprehensive indusrial hazard prevention and management, together with fair and quick compensation under government supervision and declaration of storage locations where chemical or toxic metarials were housed.
The Nation
