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Truck operator dumped sewage near village water supply

Karen villagers of the Pakayo tribe, bundled up against the cold, gather at Phop Phra police sttion in Tak on Thursday night to complain about the dumping of sewage waste in a watershed that provides them with drinking water. (Photo: Assawin Pinitwong)

TAK: Karen villagers in Phop Phra district have confronted the operator of a septic waste truck for dumping sewage in a community forest and watershed area they have used for drinking water for generations.

At least 200 members of the Payao tribe from Soratae village gathered at Phop Phra district police station in cold upland weather on Thursday night.

They filed a complaint against the private septic waste truck operator for emptying out the  sewage in their community forest. 

They were worried it would pollute the watershed, which was their primary…

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