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'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.
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.
Phuket islanders told to settle land dispute
News, Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/09/2017
» A running conflict between six communities in Phuket and local authorities who rejected their request to live in mangrove forest areas must be resolved by next month, the governor of Phuket said on Friday.
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.
'Influential' Phuket man arrested, weapons seized
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/01/2016
» PHUKET - A 41-year-old man who wields influence on Patong beach was arrested after firearms, a large cache of ammunition and two bullet-proof vests were seized at his home in Kathu district of this island province.