The company has filed more than a dozen lawsuits, including a criminal defamation case against state-funded broadcaster Thai PBS over a news clip produced by a 15-year-old girl who lives near the mine. The mining firm hit back by charging Thai PBS and four of its staff with criminal defamation. It also demanded Bt50 million ($1.4 million) in compensation and a five-year suspension of the station's operating licence, according to rights groups. But the case was dropped Wednesday by a Bangkok court, said Thai PBS's lawyer Saengchai Rattanasereewong. Judges decided to exonerate the network because it reported "comments based on good faith", he said in an interview aired on Thai PBS.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 16, 2016 06:49 UTC