Members of a labour network have gathered in front of the Labour Ministry, calling on the government to address the cost-of-living and energy crisis.

14 Thai civil society organisations have called on newly re-elected Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to urgently address the fuel crisis, criticising the PM for mishandling the issue, which has driven up the overall cost of living in the country.

<div>Co-leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), an anti-election movement, will pay nearly 96 million baht in compensation for damage caused during unrest in 2014.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 31 January 2017, the Civil Court of Justice ruled that<a href="http://prachatai.com/journal/2017/02/69884"> five leaders of the PDRC were guilty </a>of trespassing on the offices of both the Ministry of Energy and the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT), during the movement’s ‘<a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/multimedia/3820">Bangkok Shutdown</a>’ in 2014. </div>

<p>An association against global warming has filed a lawsuit against five Thai government entities over plans to build more coal-fired power plants.</p>