Police and opponents of the Chana industrial estate project face off on a road to the Chana Wittaya School in Chana district of Songkhla on Saturday. The constitutionally required public hearing on the 18.7-billion-baht project was held on Saturday by the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC), at the Chana Wittaya School in Chana district of Songkhla province. “The public hearing today is just a formality to legitimise the project — one of the many they have held before. A group of dissenters read their statement after being asked to disperse in Chana district of Songkhla province, on Saturday. Overall, the Chana project covers 16,753 rai in three tambons — Nathab, Taling Chan and Sakhom.

Source: Bangkok Post July 11, 2020 12:55 UTC