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Rayong protest group locked out of Lakchai Muang Yang
industrial estate hearing
Some of the protestors make a
feeble attempt to break through the military lines.
Patcharapol Panrak
Rayong residents opposed to construction of a new industrial estate were
locked out of a supposedly “public” hearing over environmental impacts of
the proposed factory zone.
Locked doors and armed Royal Thai Navy sailors greeted protestors who showed
up to the March 22 meeting at the Tribeca Enterprise Co. office in Rayong’s
Samnakthong Muang District.
Samnakthong President Surin Treetrairattanakul, who chaired the meeting,
said soldiers were called to prevent the protest group from entering after
officials received information the group would disrupt the session. Members
of the general public were allowed entry if they pre-registered, which none
of the protestors did, he said.
Residents have mobilized to oppose Tribeca’s multibillion-baht industrial
project, which calls for downstream rubber and automotive industries to take
over 2,042 rai in Rayong’s Lakchai and Muang Yang districts. The project,
announced in 2010, received Thailand Board of Trade approval and funding
late last year.
Protest leader Theerapol Laipradit alleged that all three of the public
hearings Tribeca has organized have been a sham, further claiming that
fraudulent documents and government corruption led to the approval of the
project.
Surin denied any impropriety in the project’s approval process, saying
regulatory and environmental reviews are being conducted in compliance with
the law.
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