THE FOREST GUARDIAN: Phra Yo says that dozens of yang na trees have been cut down in the forest. The first face-to-face encounter was in December last year, when three men arrived on two motorcycles, hurling insults and threatening Phra Yo to leave the forest. THE LONE FOREST RANGER: Phra Yo is the only remaining monk at his Udon Thani monastery and an isolated figure in his larger local community. "I have been receiving complaints on a daily basis from locals, some who say they were prohibited from collecting mushrooms in the forest," Mr Kongmi told Spectrum at his house. "Mr Kongmi has several visitors arriving in cars in the middle of the night," said the letter seen by Spectrum.

Source: Bangkok Post July 17, 2016 00:00 UTC