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Locals voice opposition to navy base

Representatives of some 100 residents in Phuket opposing a plan to grant the navy access to land to set up a base and accommodate a future expansion of the adjacent international airport submit a letter to deputy governor Anuparb Rodkwan on Monday to demand that the navy remove a barbed-wire fence within seven days. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: About 100 residents oppose a plan to grant the navy access to land to set up a base and accommodate a future expansion of the adjacent international airport.

The residents recently submitted a letter to the provincial governor, demanding that the Third Naval Area Command (TNAC) cease barricading an area in the Bang Khanoon forest park in Thalang district.

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