Students gather to support rubber farmers

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
Students gather to support rubber farmers

Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Viroj Jivarungsan has instructed intelligence officials to closely monitor the movement of Ramkhamhaeng University students in the province.

The instruction was issued yesterday after several students showed up in the province to join the rubber farmers’ protest.
This protest has dragged on for weeks now, as local rubber farmers continue pressing for a higher price of rubber.
Yesterday, the students declared their support for the protesters and blamed the government for not being sincere enough to solve the problem.
The students also accused the government of using force to try to disperse the protesting farmers.
Yesterday morning, a helicopter was seen hovering over the protest site and protest guards set off big firecrackers to chase it away.