THAILAND

A land dispute with grave consequences

Spectrum, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 24/01/2016

» ‘The cemetery land used to reach that Bengal almond tree over there,” Diao Thaleluek said, pointing to the tree’s broad, glossy leaves 20 metres from where he was standing. Followed by a swarm of mosquitoes, he took a few steps back, reached down and began to search the ground for a boundary marker.