Anti-gold mining protests submit four petitions to PM
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Four petitions - to stop a new gold-mine concession, end existing gold-mining operations, scrap the minerals bill and evacuate people from pollution-affected areas - were presented to the government Tuesday by protesters from 12 provinces covered by the g
Almost 1,000 protesters from Phichit, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Lop Buri, Loei, Nakhon Sawan, Sara Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Surat Thani, Sa Kaeo and Satun showed up at the Office of the Civil Service Commission in the morning to hand over four petitions comprising 20,000 names to the prime minister.
