Bang Kloy people prepare to return to the big forest again. Returning to farming for the sake of the stomach Submit a progress letter independent committee to solve problems Let’s speed up the case – traditional arable land Revealing that the committee solved the problem quietly, “Anucha” clarified that it was speeding up
18 Jan. 2023 – at Government House Karen People’s Group, Ban Bang Kloy, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province, on behalf of the Bang Kloy Returning Local Group submitted a letter to Mr. Anucha Nakasai, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office As the chairman of an independent committee to investigate and resolve the problems of the Bang Kloy Karen Community, Village No. 1, Huay Mae Phriang Sub-district, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province, during the meeting of the People’s Movement for a Just Society (P. move) at the Office of the Civil Service Commission (formerly) Government House. requesting to know the progress of the independent committee’s work to investigate the facts and solve the problems of the Bang Kloy Karen community and proposed the demands of the Bang Kloy group to return to the chairman of the Independent Committee
Mr. Pongsak Tonnamphet, Karen people of Bang Kloy village The representative who filed the letter said that the implementation of the problem in the past was delayed and had an impact on the villagers. Because the decision to go back to work at Ban Bang Kloy Bon is for the stomach. for shifting cultivation and growing rice for consumption Including still having to be arrested and prosecuted unfairly Until an independent committee But we still don’t know the progress. Our problem is still unsolved. We can’t wait. We need to get back to eating. and if we do not make progress, we will return to the heart of the land We want the solution to end with this government because it concerns our stomachs. We do not want our children to be born into trouble like us again,” said Pongsak.
The book of the Bang Kloy Khun Tin Group states that on February 3, 2022, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha signed the Prime Minister’s Office Order No. 26/2565 on the appointment of an independent committee to investigate facts and Resolving Bang Kloy Karen Community Problems, Village No. 1, Huai Mae Priang Sub-district, Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province, dated February 3, 2022. We, the Bang Kloy villagers, would like to know the actions of an independent committee to investigate. Investigate the facts and solve the problems of the Bang Kloy Karen community. that proceed to what step Throughout the period, we, the people of Bang Kloi houses, the resort, still do not know the operations of the committee, which procedures have been done. to ask for progress
And we, the Bang Kloy group, have returned to have a proposal for the committee to take the following actions.
1. Let the committee issue an order to the Attorney General not to prosecute 30 of us.
2. Order the committee to order us Bang Kloy villagers to return to their original area.
Bang Kloy Bon
3. Order the committee to issue an order to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to order the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Kaeng Krachan National Park. Have the officials together with the villagers and related agencies go up to measure the area of the swidden farm at Bang Kloy Bon. under the supervision of the Board of Directors
“We look forward to hearing the committee’s actions by February 2023. If the committee fails to implement our proposals, We need to go back again. But if we go back without a committee order We need to go back to the heartland. What we offer is not intended to hurt or hurt anyone. or any party but we need for our stomachs and the future of our children to live with human dignity We, the villagers of Bang Kloy, return to the land, hoping that the president and the board Everyone will understand us.”
Ban Bang Kloy Karen were evacuated from Ban Bang Kloy Bon and Jai Phaen in 1996. Kaeng Krachan National Park allocated land to live and make a living at Ban Bang Kloy community (bottom), Village No. 1, Huay Mae Phriang Subdistrict, A. Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi Province, before at the beginning of 2021, a group of Bang Kloy villagers returned to clear the original farming area at Ban Bang Kloy Bon again. because the allocated space is not enough for making a living and cannot be eaten in the traditional way After that, Kaeng Krachan National Park has joined forces to arrest villagers. Arrest warrants were issued for 30 villagers. Investigators charged them with offenses under the 2019 National Park Act, 1964 National Reserved Forest Act, and 1941 Forest Act. Currently, the case is at the prosecutor level. And until now, it has not been able to return to work at Bang Kloy Bon as requested.
Anucha Nakasai, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Said that the solution to the problem for the villagers of Bang Kloy has been rushed, which has made considerable progress. And now the report of the committee has been called for consideration again for relevant agencies to take action.