<p>Thai authorities ordered the eviction of the villagers allegedly encroaching on public land and threatened to detain them if they did not comply, citing law and order as a justification. Meanwhile, the villagers said that the authorities were acting in the interests of an oil palm business.</p>

<div>The military surrounded a village in southern Thailand and told landless villagers to leave a disputed area while threatening a villager not to take pictures of the event.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to Protection International (PI), at about 5:30 pm on Tuesday five military men came to Phoemsap Community of Chai Buri District in the southern province of Surat Thani and ordered the landless villagers to leave the area.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The military also reportedly threatened a villager with arrest and interrogation at a military camp if he took pictures of the military </div>

<p>The military summoned a southern land rights activist for three days of detention after he led a group of local farmers to fight for their land rights.</p> <p>The military on Sunday issued a letter summoning Peerat Bunrit, one of the leaders of Southern Peasants' Federation of Thailand (SPFT) from Chai Buri District of Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand, to a so-called ‘attitude adjustment camp’ for three days.</p>