UPDATE(Thailand): Government official admits to not knowing facts before arresting and forcibly evicting villagers

UPDATE(Thailand): Government official admits to not knowing facts before arresting and forcibly evicting villagers

As described in the first appeal, the villagers from Pang Daeng village, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai were arrested without warrant on 23 July 2004 and were later charged with encroachment and illegal entry to the Chiang Dao national reserve under the National Reserved Forest Act, BE 2507 (1964). One of them confessed and paid the fine, while the rest (listed below) denied the charges. Read more about UPDATE(Thailand): Government official admits to not knowing facts before arresting and forcibly evicting villagers