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Resistance to proposed industrial estate goes national

Dec 11, 2021
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By: Murray Hunter

The arrests of 37 elderly Thai villagers in front of Government House in Bangkok for peacefully protesting a proposed industrial estate in the country’s deep south have backfired on the government of Prayuth Chan-ocha, with environmental activists, academics and local environmental organizations turning the dispute into a national issue…

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