Overlap upsets hill villagers

  • 29/11/2000

Tribespeople are demanding the review of an order which puts parts of six villages in a new forest park.They say the boundaries of Thung Buatong forest park in Thailand, declared in October last year, overlap their farms.One protester said about 500 rai in his village was declared part of the park. He demanded forestry authorities urgently verify local land claims or face a mass protest rally.