PTT firm 'wants fishermen to lower compensation demand'
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Arbitration by officials from Rayong Provincial Court over a lawsuit lodged last July by 429 local fishermen against PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) for Bt400 million in compensation and the setting up of a rehabilitation fund after an oil leak off Rayong on
In an arbitration session on Friday with PTTGC representatives, a group of 32 representatives for the fishermen was accompanied by human rights lawyer Sor Rattanamanee Polkla.
After the session, Rattanamanee told reporters that PTTGC had asked for a lower compensation amount, but the fishermen said the amount represented true damages.
The lawyer said the fishermen asked PTTGC to submit its rehabilitation plan, which it reportedly formulated with state agencies, for the fishermen to consider.
She said the fishermen also submitted a rehabilitation plan for the firm to consider, so both parties would discuss these plans at the next session in March.
A leader of the Rayong fishermen, Udomsak Lodthong, said that under the fishermen’s rehabilitation plan, PTTGC would first have to clean up the oil that had sunk to the seabed by spraying chemicals and then conducting other rehabilitation work.
