Villagers protest against potash mining in Udon Thani

Some 300 members of the Udon Conservation group Saturday morning paraded at Udon Thani's Thung Sri Muang Stadium, protesting against the potash mine that Italain-Thai Development is applying for a permit to operate.

They launched verbal attacks on the company, Interior Ministry inspector Jareuk Prinyapol, and former Udon Thani governor Wittaya Suthornwipat and his deputies, before burning effigies of the company executives and the government officials involved.

The Nation