Landless villagers in Isan continue to suffer from land reclamation

[misskit]

The people of Thailand’s northeast, or Isan, continue to suffer from the Thai junta’s forest protection policies despite the authorities’ confirmation that there would be no evictions from protected areas for the time being.

According to Esaan Land Reform News, on Wednesday morning, 19 August 2015, officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, officials of the Royal Forest Department, local administrators and police and military officers met with civil society workers and representatives of Khok Yao and Bo Kaew villages of Khon San District of the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum over land rights issues.

On 25 and 26 August 2014, the state officials announced that the much of the area of the two villages would be reclaimed and the villagers would be evicted since the area overlaps with the Khon San protected area.

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[terp80]

It appears that the government is not handling this situation well at all.

[thaimeme]

It appears that the government is not handling this situation well at all.

Yes, it's all about the people.

Perhaps a special benevolent party might intervene if they were truly concerned about land issues as it applies to the good people of the kingdom.

[jamescollister]

Something doesn't add, I live in a village, about 2 or 300 families and it's not sq. kms. Lao land border.
Thais from outside have have built big country homes in the national park, or crown farming land, cleared forest, planted trees etc.
Army is here now giving marching orders to them, no one in the village boundaries have been touched.
More to the story then the article says.