SATUN: A company at the centre of an encroachment row has agreed to remove a fence blocking access to a school on Koh Lipe by Feb 7, marking headway in settling several such disputes on the popular island.
Encroachment against ethnic seafarer groups, who have occupied the island for generations, was brought to public attention after an incident in December last year when pupils gathered to protest against a business operator they accused of trying to claim land ownership which blocked a path locals used to access Ban Koh Adang School.
