Landless farmers seek right to rent plantation
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Some landless farmers who had occupied an oil-palm plantation in Surat Thani’s Khian Sa district filed a petition with provincial Governor Wongsiri Phromchana calling for the 4,294-rai (687-hectare) plot to be allocated for them to rent legally and use ac
The group led by Wittaya Sripirommit also threatened to mobilise as many as 2,000 people to rally outside city hall if their plight continued being ignored. They claimed the plantation’s concession to a private firm had expired in July 2014, but the company was still being allowed to reap benefits.
