They also promised to redistribute the land to us, but it will not be enough because each family will get only five rai of land. "We have to distribute the land to the local people first, so we will get around 100,000 rai [16,000 hectares] of land to give to the landless farmers on our list. As of now we have a system to look after community members and prevent the land from being transferred to capitalists." Moreover, very few landholders have legal deeds to the disputed land, so we have a greater chance of winning the case. But he admitted the order would not solve all the problems.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 10, 2016 14:48 UTC