An indigenous
Karen community in Thailand has returned to their land in a national park years
after being forcibly evicted and seeing their homes burned by authorities. The
move has prompted heightened tensions in the saga of Kaeng Krachan National
Park as the Thai government threatens to remove the villagers once again and
prosecute them.
Editorial
In central
Thailand’s Phetchaburi province, a group of indigenous Karen villagers have returned to their
former homes in Kaeng Krachan National Park a decade or more after they were
forcibly relocated from their homes.
In mid-January,
over 70 residents returned to their homes
in Bang Kloi and Jai Paen Din villages inside the national park, reclaiming
The Straits Times
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Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok
PublishedJan 25, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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