The Songkhla Provincial Court on Thursday acquitted 15 local protesters against a coal power plant project in Songkhla's Thepha district, but two of them were ordered to pay a penalty for violating the public gathering law. The court spent almost a year in delivering the verdict after the prosecutor in January of this year filed the case. The protesters were charged with violating the public gathering law, obstructing and physically attacking officials, and blocking traffic. A group of local people last year staged a walking campaign, raising public awareness of their opposition to a coal power plant project in Thepha district. A small clash between local protesters and police took place in which several people were slightly injured.

Source: Bangkok Post December 27, 2018 23:49 UTC