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Sea gypsies still seeking justice
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/01/2020
» Ethnic groups known as sea gypsies living along Andaman Sea coastal areas have asked the government to pass the Ethnic Groups Protection Act.
Sea gypsies cause headaches as squatters in Rawai
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/09/2017
» Phuket: Local authorities are awaiting court approval for warrants to arrest two sea gypsies who are refusing to vacate their rental houses on Rawai beach.
Phuket villagers march to demand land rights
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/06/2017
» Around 200 villagers in Phuket rallied Monday at the provincial office, calling for the distribution of land rights to 23 local communities on the island province.
Sea gypsies win court case
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/02/2017
» The Phuket Provincial Court dismissed a case Tuesday in which four sea gypsies were accused of unlawfully occupying beachfront land on Phuket's Rawai beach, saying the sea tribe owned the land before the title deed was issued for the property.
Firm ordered to demolish 14 buildings
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/05/2016
» PHUKET: Phuket City Hall has ordered a private company to dismantle 14 buildings along the province's Paradise beach.
Rawai land developers urge govt to buy land at B500m
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/02/2016
» A group of Phuket businessmen who own 19 rai of land around Rawai beach are planning to ask the government to buy their properties for more than 500 million baht and develop the plots to help the local sea gypsy community sort out their long-standing habitation problems.
DSI insists on sea gypsies' rights on Phuket beach
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/01/2016
» A senior official of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says that about 2,000 sea gypsies have the right to live on 33 rai of land on Rawai beach in Phuket and that the department is gathering evidence to support their claim.
'Threatened' sea gypsies seek government help
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 28/01/2016
» About 200 sea gypsies on Wednesday submitted a petition calling on the government to resolve land rights problems in tambon Rawai of Phuket where they face eviction.
Villagers demand govt settle Phuket land row
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/01/2016
» A sea gypsy community in tambon Rawai of Phuket's Muang district on Wednesday 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.
10 hurt in clash near Krabi airport
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/11/2015
» About 10 people were injured in front of the Krabi airport on Friday when a group seeking rights to an adjacent oil palm plantation site briefly clashed with those affected by limited access to the airport.