Forestry Dept to evict landless farmers
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The Forestry Department has prepared a force of 1,000 men who will move in force Tuesday to evict landless farmers who have seized a private company's 1,000-rai oil-palm plantation in Ban Khlong Wai Lek in Krabi's Neu Khlong district, department deputy ch
Some 500 landless farmers have refused to leave the plantation where an oil-palm concession by Krabi Ruam Pan Partnerships has become invalid. Despite the authorities’ insistence that the land could not yet be allocated, the landless farmers moved in. They have been ordered to leave by Tuesday.
There was a rally outside the Krabi City Hall yesterday, protesting against the forced evictions.
