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The Administrative Court has ruled in favour of villagers in Rayong province, ordering the National Environment Board to declare the area near Map Ta Phut industrial estate a pollution control zone. Twenty-seven villagers from 11 communities around the industrial estate in Muang district filed the case in October 2007, accusing the NEB of negligence for failing to designate the area as a pollution control zone. The board was then chaired by Kosit Panpiemras, a former deputy prime minister and industry minister.

 

The Administrative Court has ruled in favour of villagers in Rayong province, ordering the National Environment Board to declare the area near Map Ta Phut industrial estate a pollution control zone. Twenty-seven villagers from 11 communities around the industrial estate in Muang district filed the case in October 2007, accusing the NEB of negligence for failing to designate the area as a pollution control zone. The board was then chaired by Kosit Panpiemras, a former deputy prime minister and industry minister.

 

The Thai consul in Hong Kong is asking Beijing to trace the whereabouts of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and extradite him to Thailand, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The move comes before Thaksin's planned speech to the international media in Hong Kong on Monday. ''We are finding out the legal aspects about what we can do ... we think there are no problems because the case [against Thaksin] has been finalised [in court]. Once we know his whereabouts exactly, and with the country agreeing to the extradition process, we will push ahead,'' the prime minister told reporters.

The Thai consul in Hong Kong is asking Beijing to trace the whereabouts of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and extradite him to Thailand, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The move comes before Thaksin's planned speech to the international media in Hong Kong on Monday. ''We are finding out the legal aspects about what we can do ... we think there are no problems because the case [against Thaksin] has been finalised [in court]. Once we know his whereabouts exactly, and with the country agreeing to the extradition process, we will push ahead,'' the prime minister told reporters.

The Thai consul in Hong Kong is asking Beijing to trace the whereabouts of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and extradite him to Thailand, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. The move comes before Thaksin's planned speech to the international media in Hong Kong on Monday. ''We are finding out the legal aspects about what we can do ... we think there are no problems because the case [against Thaksin] has been finalised [in court]. Once we know his whereabouts exactly, and with the country agreeing to the extradition process, we will push ahead,'' the prime minister told reporters.