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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has ordered that people living near Suvarnabhumi Airport be helped on humanitarian grounds despite a court previously ruling in favour of the Airports of Thailand.

The Transport Ministry told the Cabinet Tuesday about the Samut Prakan Court earlier ruling that the airport had been constructed according to the Air Navigation Act 1954 and that the residents knew about this and still took the risk. The court said the airport operation was not violating residents' rights, and therefore the AOT did not have to compensate them, the ministry said. Therefore AOT suspended the plan to compensate the residents for fear of going against the court ruling, the ministry said.

But Abhisit told the Cabinet that the AOT should help the affected residents on humanitarian grounds regardless of the court ruling.

The Nation