Thailand: Complaints filed against six Karen land rights defenders
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Oct 25, 2018
- Event Description
On 25 October Mr. Attapong Pao-on, an officer of the "Praya Sue' task force led by Mr. Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn - the former Chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park - filed a complaint with the Provincial Police station of Kaeng Krachan in Petchaburi Province against six Karen land rights defenders including Mr. Ko-I Mimi (the 106-year-old Karen ethnic community's spiritual leader who passed away in early October), Mr Keu Pukad (also deceased) and other four family members. According to the information received, the six Karens were accused of trespassing in the KKFCT in violation of the 1961 National Park Act, and of its orders. The complaint has been filed because the Supreme Administrative Court in June 2018 held National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department guilty based on the park officers' violent forced eviction operation against Karen Community in KKFCT 2011. The Court also ruled that the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department must compensate the affected. That operation was led by Mr. Chaiwat.
- Impact of Event
- 6
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Minority Rights
- HRD
- Minority rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Summary for Publications
On 25 October 2018, 6 Karen rights defenders and their family members, were mentioned in a complaint filed by Mr. Attapong Pao-on, an officer of the __�Praya Sue' task force led by Mr. Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn - the former Chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park.