Rubber row flares amid rally threat

Rubber farmers in the South are threatening to stage a major rally and a hunger strike if their demands for government action to shore up falling prices are not met.

Saksarit Sriprasart, a leader of rubber farmers in Trang, said a network of small planters in the southern province would start a hunger strike in front of the provincial hall on 12 January until their demands are met.

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