Activist leads border rally to evict settlers

Tensions escalated yesterday at Ban Nong Chan in Khok Sung district of Sa Kaeo province, as activist Veera Somkwamkid led a group of citizens in a protest demanding the removal of Cambodian settlers from Thai territory.

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Supporters from outside the eastern province, including a busload of veterans from Ang Thong, arrived to join the demonstration.

The Burapha Task Force also deployed one company of territorial defence volunteers to seal off access routes about 800 metres from the Cambodian settlement, a source at the Thai-Cambodian border said.