An independent committee examining a land dispute between Karen villagers and local forest protection authorities has suggested that all charges against the villagers be dropped. The Karen have been evicted from a forest village in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park.
The committee, formed under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s Order No.26/2565, reached this conclusion at its first meeting held yesterday, said Sunee Chaiyaros, a former human rights commissioner and a lecturer with the College of Social Innovation at Rangsit University.
The committee is tasked with examining a four-point call by the Bang Kloy villagers and trying to find the most suitable recommendation for the government to handle the conflict, Ms Sunee said.
She said the committee had already decided what would be the best course of action after the villagers called for an end to legal…
