A conservation group submitted a petition with more than 9,000 signatures from people opposed to a controversial dam on the Mekong River to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday, demanding the Thai government cease support for the Xayaburi Dam.

Representatives of the Thai People’s Network gathered at Government House with posters that said “We, people from the Northeast, will not support PM Yingluck anymore”, and the “Dam is killing us”.

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