MORE than 1,000 rai – 160 hectares – previously occupied by the ‘Tiger Temple’ in Kanchanaburi province will be distributed to a farmers’ cooperative.

The move reaffirms Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister General Chatchai Sarikalya’s announcement that the poor will benefit – not suffer – from ongoing efforts to reclaim agricultural-reform land from illegitimate occupiers.

Full story: The Nation

PRATCH RUJIVANAROM