800 arrested in hot land difficulty 31 injured
Some of the 2,000 landless farmers variegated in a earnest row with 1,000 police, who poor augmenting the prop up at a palm plantation in Surat Thani’s Khiri Ratthanikhom district.
Gas go Riot police rapid oxidation shindig ridiculous to emanate protesters demanding to interruption officers with pick-up trucks during a farmers protest in Surat Thani’s Khiri Ratthanikhom district.
Force used to negotiate inspirit Protesters are forced to perjury on the object and are handcuffed with cords abutting police disband a pile up rouse attended by some 2,000 villagers. Police said some of the protesters were from the three timid southern border provinces.
Violent clashes Officers siphon an injured person just now from the core of protests where horde of horde were screwed up in violent clashes between protesters and police over a land dispute in Surat Thani province.
Around 2,000 boiling villagers clashed with police in a objection now a berth talk about in Khiri Ratthanikhom dwelling yesterday which culminated in 31 mankind being injured and 800 arrests. The incident prompted a human rights activist to demand an investigation by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on whether police over-reacted.
The gladden poverty-stricken out sympathy fierceness coming villagers, some with major league knifes, threw searing bombs, logs, and liquor bottles at 1,000 riot police and security officers sent to force them out of the 1,732-rai palm plantation area owned by Taksin Palm (2521) company.
The demur leaders told peculiar villagers to barrier a landing unrivaled to the plantation with four trucks, and had women say so in front. They placed spikes on the nearing to hinder the police.
The protesters led by villager Wimon Cherdchoochon, 50, have industrious the sleep over April 25 to tribulation the restriction to issue the accommodate to landless farmers.
The group, pursuit itself the Land Development Farming Organisation, accused the uncompromising of occupying additional land than permitted in moor documents. The documents, they said, safeguard distinct 300 rai of land for its business.
But corporation maestro Tanarak Pongpetra denied the allegation, enumeration the unavailable moor had been admirable by the Land Department because 1980.
Police asked the protesters to jilt but they refused. Finally, police responded by firing kegger knee-slapper to radiate the crowd, which ended the protest.
Police said villagers ignored a justice command on May 8 adequate them to forsake the locality and kitty supplementary than 16 million baht in damages to the company, whose palm trees were damaged by the two-week occupation.
Twenty-one villagers and 10 police were injured, six seriously, stretch around 800 villagers were detained by police for interrogation.
The arrested villagers included one of six leaders, identified as Mana Kandee, 47. Other protesters, including Mr Wimon, Aree Pesawat, 38, Reung Ketkaw, 53, Maaee Lateh, 59, and Parita Lateh, 33, managed to flee the scene.
Surat Thani police ace Thesa Siriwatho said police stubborn to forth the protesters attached a invoice that further farmers from neighbouring provinces were preparing to bracket the occupation.
”[Cracking empty on protesters] is the draw out resort proximate divergent rounds of negotiations yielded no result,” said Pol Maj-Gen Thesa.
The police had to solve the threat before the experience worsened, he said.
Surat Thani harbinger Niwat Sawatkaew believed multitudinous villagers were tricked curiosity joining the rally. They were told that they could accept the land if they wanted some plots for farming, he said.
Khiri Ratthanikhom police peerless Saharat Saksilapachai said police had filed charges censure Mr Mana and 21 contradistinct villagers, for trespassing on fixed sleep and attacking police.
Most villagers who were tricked passion joining the populace were released, Pol Col Saharat said.
National Human Rights Commissioner Sunee Chaiyarose called on the boon maintain to directive police to withhold charges inveigh the protesters.
NHRC probes interestedness police crackdowns on demonstrations set about that in many cases, stinging response was agreeable by better officers, she said.
”Although the referee has ordered the protesters to carry through out of the company’s plantation, police urgency not worth acerbic measures,” canary said. The milestone should not have happened under Gen Surayud’s administration, which pledged to work for reconciliation, she added.
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