“On 11 September 2017, the Supreme Court delivered a verdict in the case that 151 Karens from lower Klity village, Kanchana Buri, accused Lead Concentrate Company for contaminating their local river with lead, threatening their health and wellbeing. The company was ruled guilty and has to pay 36 million baht as compensation to the villagers. The court also ordered the company’s executive boards to remove lead contaminant from the infected creek.
The verdict is a final chapter to the 19-year dispute. According to an environmentalist group ENLAWTHAI Foundation, the dispute began in 1998 when villagers reported that the company released lead contaminant into their Lower Klity Creek, leading to deaths and illness of various villagers. However, their voice had been ignored by both the company and relevant agencies.”
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