A group of 200 farmers with the Four Regions' Farmers Network have occupied a 101-rai plot of land near Khon Kaen University's Nong Khai campus. They claim the land underwent three sale foreclosures, but as no-one had bought it, it now belonged to the state, they said.
The farmers, living in makeshift shacks on the block, said they suffered injustice after investors seized their land. They occupied the plot so it would not fall into the hands of foreign investors or politicians, said network adviser Phrom Srisangkhom.