<p>A provincial court has dismissed charges against a villager accused of land encroachment after the junta enacted its ‘return the forest’ policy.</p> <p>The Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) reported that the Provincial Court of Fang District of Chiang Mai on 21 September 2017 dismissed charges against Araya Saechang.</p> <p>She was indicted for encroaching onto a protected area in Ban No Lae village of Mon Pin Subdistrict of Fang District, Chiang Mai Province.</p>