Surapong Kongchantuk, director of the Karen Studies and Development Centre, said Tuesday the Supreme Court's Environmental Division has instructed the firm, its executives and executors of late executives to pay the aforementioned damages. The department has also brought a civil suit against the company to the Court of Justice, demanding it pay a further 8.1 million baht in total to affected villagers and the department. The department can file a suit with the Court of Justice if the company does not agree to pay the damages, he said. As such, the PCD and associated agencies including the Royal Forest Department and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation should demand the company pay even more damages, he suggested. The lead contamination of Klity Creek was first exposed in 1998 when the Department of Mineral Resources ordered the closure of Lead Concentrates.

Source: Bangkok Post May 09, 2018 01:18 UTC