A lawyer representing activist Wisarut Srichan said that Wisarut and his legal team plan to file a lawsuit against the police for their violence against protesters who went to the Chinese Consulate-General in Chiang Mai on 6 July to demand action on contamination in several rivers in the north of Thailand due to Chinese mines in Myanmar.

A protest took place in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok today (8 July) to demand that China tackle contamination in the Mekong River and its tributaries due to Chinese mines upstream in Myanmar. They also condemned the police violence against participants in the protest in front of the Chinese Consulate-General in Chiang Mai on Monday (6 July).

Communities along the Kok River say that their livelihood are being affected by water contamination. To raise awareness about water contamination in six rivers and demand action from the Thai government, monks, community members, and civil society workers participated in a six-day ‘peace walk’ along the Kok River.

Two protesters were injured on Monday (6 July) during a protest near the Chinese Consulate in Chiang Mai after police officers blocked them from approaching the Consulate to file a petition calling on China to control Chinese mines in Myanmar that has led to contamination in the Kok River.

<p>Open letter from the&nbsp;recipient&nbsp;of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize for Asia, Saw Paul Sein Twa, to the State Counselor on Human Rights Day, urging the government to take immediate action in resolving water contamination case in Myaing Ka Lay area.</p>