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KLITY CREEK

Lead contamination victims win historic B4m payout

The Supreme Administrative Court Thursday ordered the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to pay nearly 4 million baht in compensation to 22 Karen villagers over lead contamination at Klity Creek.

Twenty-two ethnic Karen villagers affected by lead contamination in lower Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum district celebrate their victory in a nine-year court battle against the Pollution Control Department at the Supreme Administrative Court yesterday. They also carry pictures of children suffering from lead poisoning in their village. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD

The verdict ended a nine-year legal battle between the PCD and the locals, with no more avenues of appeal available.

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  • dao

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    Discussion 2 : 11 Jan 2013 at 13.582

    The people who ran the lead company should be made to apologize publicly and be made to pay for the clean up of the river so taxpayers dont have to clean up this companies mess .

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    Discussion 1 : 11 Jan 2013 at 10.251

    It seems there is some justice in the country; how about the staff from the PCD who neglected the order to clean up and build the dyke which has led to the suffering of the Karen people?

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