Supreme Court awards Klitty victims with 20 million baht in compensation

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Supreme Court awards Klitty victims with 20 million baht in compensation



BANGKOK: -- After 13 years of marathon court battle through three courts, Karen residents of the lower Klitty village in Kanchanaburi have their real taste of victory when the Supreme Court finally handed down a verdict ordering Lead Concentrates (Thailand) company and its managing director to pay 20 million baht in compensation and medical fees for the future to eight victims of lead contamination.

Karen Studies and Development Centre director Surapong Kongjantuek who has been defending for the right to safe environment of the Karen villagers in lower Klitty village from lead contamination from the beginning told the media that the Supreme Court found the lead mining company and its top executive, Mr Kongsak Kleepbua, of deliberately discharging wastes from the mine into the Klitty creek which has been, for generations, the lifeline of the Karens.

He said that the court ordered the company and Mr Kongsak to pay compensation to the victims and to rehabilitate the creek. But since the company has gone bankrupt and Mr Kongsak was already dead, he added that the next step to be done is to secure the assets of the company for payments to the victims.

One of the victims, Mr Kamthorn Srisuwanmala, said he was very glad with the high court’s verdict and thanked the court for giving them justice. He noted that several of the victims had been living in suffering for the past several years with some of them having fallen dead.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/supreme-court-awards-klitty-victims-20-million-baht-compensation/


-- Thai PBS 2016-07-15

[The stuttering parrot]

Dragged out over 13 years. Company bankrupt. Boss dead .

20 million compo all well and good but where is going to come from?

Hope the boss died of lead poisioning himself the scumbag.

[Somtamnication]

Yes, but it is a good day for the Karen people. Rare day indeed.

[colinneil]

Yes, but it is a good day for the Karen people. Rare day indeed.

+1

[nausea]

A pyrrhic victory it seems.

[fxe1200]

So there is a bankrupt company with assets! Let's see what happens next.

[SOTIRIOS]

...wow....

...such shameful disregard and abuse of this special element of society...

[Khon Kaen Dave]

Where do i go to claim my part of the compensation? Ive been a victim of kliitys many times.

[jerojero]

Bravo. Rare judgment in favor of the poor, against a rich businessman.

[Boycie]

(Bangkok, December 15, 2014) The Thai government has failed to clean up toxic lead in a stream in western Thailand, threatening hundreds of families with serious and irreversible health problems. The Supreme Administrative Court’s order nearly two years ago to clean up Klity Creek, the first of its kind in Thailand, has been ignored by the government while villagers remain exposed to lead in water, soil, vegetables, and fish.

[Artisi]

Where do i go to claim my part of the compensation? Ive been a victim of kliitys many times.

Learn to spell first, then think about compensation.