Villagers demand government settle Phuket land row
A sea gypsy community in tambon Rawai of Phuket’s Muang district on 27 January demanded the government fast-track multiple legal disputes over land plots between them and the private sector after their access to the sea was blocked.
The move came after more than 100 men blocked a public walkway at Rawai beach with a truck load of boulders and a backhoe and destroyed the fishing gear of local fishermen, according to a statement released by the Ethnic Fishermen Network.
