Thailand is among the most deadly places in Asia for environmental and rights defenders – the United Nations has counted over 80 cases of enforced disappearances in the country since 1980.
Ethnic Karen leader Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen – known as Billy – disappeared in April 2014 while working on a lawsuit accusing officials of destroying homes in Kaeng Krachan national park. The park chief at the time, Chaiwat Limlikitaksor, was one of the last people to see him alive, after Billy was detained for apparently collecting honey illegally.In April this year divers found a burnt fragment of Billy’s skull stuffed in an oil drum in a reservoir inside the park, giving relatives their first confirmation of his death.
Surrounded by their five children, Billy’s wife Pinnapha Phrueksapan wiped away tears away at a sombre commemoration ceremony in Bangkok of her husband’s life. — AFP
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