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THE NATION 15 July 2016 | PRATCH RUJIVANAROM

Supreme court's 'historic' verdict includes bt20.2M compensation, mandatory clean-up pf contamination and blame for executives.

A 13-YEAR-LONG court battle with a lead-mining company has finally come to an end for people from the Lower Klity village in Kanchaburi province, as the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that residents will be compensated and executives forced to fund the clean up of Klity Creek.

Bangkok Post 14 July 2016

The Supreme Court on Thursday reduced a compensation claim in the Klity Creek poisoning scandal from 29 million baht to 20 million baht, and ended a 13-year legal battle.

The case was first brought to Kanchanaburi Provincial Court in early 2003 by eight Karen villagers living at Klity Lang, a remote village in a national forest in Kanchanaburi's Thong Pha Phum district. The eight plaintiffs are four adults and four children who have developed chronic diseases associated with lead poisoning. They were represented by two solicitors from the Lawyers Council of Thailand. 

By Dawei Watch Thailand

Published by DVB 23 June 2016

Burma’s State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi will meet with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to discuss bilateral issues focused on trade and economic cooperation during her visit to Thailand on 23-25 June. Meanwhile, the Thai government has announced yet again plans to put the long-delayed Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project higher on its agenda.

National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT)  14 June 2016

BANGKOK – The Ministry of Industry has corrected rumors being spread online that a Cabinet resolution to end gold mining in the country has been cancelled.

Bangkok Post 05 June 2016 | SUTHAREE WANNASIRI & KINGSLEY ABBOTT

Communities across the country face a troubling pattern of threats, violence and judicial harassment

Late in the evening of May 15, 2014, more than 100 men, most of them armed and wearing black masks, stormed a small village in Loei province and assaulted more than a dozen men and women who opposed a local copper and gold mine.

Folha de S.Paulo 31 May 2016

ESTÊVÃO BERTONI FROM SÃO PAULO  |  JOSÉ MARQUES FROM BELO HORIZONTE

New evidence reveals Vale, the company responsible for the tragic mining disaster in Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, tampered with important data regarding their activity in the area.

By Bloomberg 10 May 2016

By Suttinee Yuvejwattana | Supunnabul Suwannakij | David Stringer 

Thailand will shutter its largest gold mine by the end of the year after the government said concern the project was damaging the environment and sickening workers outweighed its economic benefit.

Bangkok Post 06 May 2016 

The Department of Agriculture (DOA) insists it has imposed strict measures to check on chemical residues in vegetables and fruits before granting them Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and organic product certifications.

The department made the statement Thursday after a food safety survey conducted by the Thai-Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-Pan) showed that more than half the fruits and vegetables awarded the government's "Q mark" for quality were found to be highly contaminated with chemical residues.

Bangkok Post 06 May 2016 

The government is likely to decide next month whether to take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact.

Farmers have threatened to organise protests if Thailand agrees to join the much-touted agreement.

Bangkok Post 01 May 2016 | Spectrum - Nanchnok Wongsamuth

Ten years after a Suvarnabhumi airport rubbish management contract was signed, disputes continue and work is still incomplete

When the Samart Corporation partnered in a lucrative deal to dispose of waste at Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2006, questions were raised as to why a telecommunications company was awarded the contract. The 600 million baht agreement with the Airports of Thailand (AoT) called for the construction of two incinerators to handle all waste generated at the country's biggest airport.