Thailand

Chinese firm stirs anger by pumping water from river
- The Nation
- 04 April 2016
A Chinese-owned firm operating banana plantations has caused a water conflict in Chiang Rai's Phaya Meng Rai district.
Probe to hit foreign SEZ firms
- Bangkok Post
- 14 Mar 2016
The Thai government's much vaunted Special Economic Zones are under scrutiny amid reports of land grabs by foreign firms dodging the law on foreign acquisitions by having Thais act as nominees.
Thai firm: Sugar farm damage assessment is almost finished
- Cambodia Daily
- 12 February 2016
A Thai environmental auditing firm has confirmed that it is assessing the fallout from a trio of plantations in Oddar Meanchey province that Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol abandoned in late 2014 amid mounting accusations of land grabbing.
Thai company’s return to sugar group challenged by NGOs
- The Cambodia Daily
- 09 February 2016
Three local NGOs have filed a complaint with international sugar industry group Bonsucro for readmitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of families forced off the company’s former plantations in Oddar Meanchey province have yet to be fully compensated.
Six years on, families evicted for sugarcane plantation still in limbo
- VoA Khmer
- 30 October 2015
Some six years after about 2,000 families were pushed off 19,000 hectares of land that was converted to plantation for sugarcane, which is processed into sugar used by Coca-Cola.
Land grabbing and impacts to small-scale farmers in Southeast Asia sub-region
- Local Action Links
- 02 October 2015
This paper aims to study the situation of land grabbing and its impacts on small-scale farmers in 5 countries, namely Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Thailand: Oil palm land-grab leader murdered in Krabi
- Bangkok Post
- 25 August 2015
A leader of a group trying to seize a 1,400-rai oil palm plantation run by Thai Pattana Co, a joint operation of a foreign investor and his Thai business partner, was shot dead while leaving the farm on motorcycle.
Dogged by abuse allegations, Mitr Phol pulls out of Cambodia
- Bangkok Post
- 11 May 2015
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp has pulled out of its three plantations in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province after years of allegations about illegal business practices and human-rights abuses, a media report said Monday.
Sugar company pulls out #ThaiCompany
- Thai Visa
- 05 May 2015
Asia’s largest sugar producer, Thailand’s Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation, has withdrawn from its three plantations in Oddar Meanchey province in Cambodia following years of criticism over alleged illegalities and human rights abuses at the concessions.
Beverage companies wary of ‘blood sugar’ in supply chain
- VoA Khmer
- 17 February 2015
The “blood sugar” plantations in Cambodia have been accused of violently evicting villagers in order to raze farmland and build their plantations. Representatives from Coca-Cola and Pepsi said they are not aware of sugar in their supply chain supplied by rights violators.
Rights groups decry land activist killing
- Bangkok Post
- 16 February 2015
On February 11, Chai Bunthonglek, a land rights activist from Klong Sai Pattana village and member of the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand was gunned down. Four locals have been slain in similar attacks since 2010.
Thaïlande: Assassinat du défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek
- Frontline Defenders
- 14 February 2015
Le 11 février 2015 vers 18h30, un inconnu a abattu le défenseur du droit à la terre M. Chai Bunthonglek chez lui dans le district de Chaiburi, dans la province de Surat Thani.