Park officers patrol the rice fields of Karen villagers near Bang Kloy Lang, in Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in 2021. (Photo: Pratch Rujivanarom)
An independent committee examining a land dispute between Karen villagers and authorities has granted approval for the villagers to return to Bang Kloy Bon if they wish.
Suchart Setthamalinee, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said the committee chaired by PM’s Office Minister Anucha Nakasai published a report on April 18, suggesting solutions for evicted Karen villagers.
The first solution suggested by the committee was to approve the desire of 732 Karen villagers to return to arable lands deep in the forest of Bang Kloy Bon in Kaeng Krachan National Park, their…
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