1,000 villagers protest against Kaeng Suea Ten Dam project
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About 1,000 locals in Tambon Sa-Iab of Phrae's Song district Friday staged a rally to express their fierce opposition against Science Minister Plodprasob Surassawadee's vow to revive the plan to construct the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam.
They also burned down the effigy of Plodprasob and cursed him.
“He used to fight against the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam when he served as the director general of the Royal Forest Department. Why has he changed his stance now that he has got a political post?” Ras Rak Pa Group’s chairman Udom Sriampha said.
Another protest leader Somming Mueangrong said the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam, if constructed, would destroy 24,000 rai of goldenteak forestland and 30,000 more rai of mixed deciduous forest.
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