Thai Military Threatens Landless Southern Villagers

Soldiers guard the Army Club in Bangkok, 23 May 2014, a day of the military coup.

(Prachatai English)

BANGKOK —  The military surrounded a village in southern Thailand and told the landless villagers to leave a disputed area while threatening a villager not to take picture of the event.

According to Protection International (PI), at about 5:30pm on Tuesday Five military men came to Pruemsub Community of Chai Buri District in the southern province of Surat Thani and ordered the landless villagers to leave the area.

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The military also reportedly threatened a villager who attempted to take picture of the military operation that he would be arrested and brought to military camp for interrogation if he took  pictures of the scene. 

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