Villagers petition PM over land policy

CHIANG MAI – A group of ethnic Karen villagers in Doi Saket district on Sunday petitioned the government to scrap a policy on management of forest land because it harms their way of life.

Tribal villagers from two forest villages, Ban Huay Pha Tuen and Yom Ban Doi, in tambon Pa Miang of Doi Saket district, on Sunday submitted their petition to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin during his visit to the North. 

The group asks the government to cancel the forest land management policy by the National Land Policy Board (NLPB); and implement a 2010 regulation on land and natural resources management from the Prime Minister’s Office and a cabinet resolution on Aug 3, 2010, which fully recognises the rights…