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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jintamas Saksornchai

Senior Thai national park official, 3 others, acquitted in 9-year-old case of missing activist

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A court in Thailand on Thursday acquitted four national park employees, including a senior official, of the kidnapping and murder of an Indigenous rights activist who disappeared under suspicious circumstances more than nine years ago.

The activist, Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, was last seen in the custody of Kaeng Krachan National Park officials in western Thailand’s Phetchaburi province on April 17, 2014.

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