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Pianrat Boonrit
Pianrat Boonrit is the President of the Southern Peasants' Federation of Thailand – SPFT (Southern Peasant Cooperatives), a network formed in 2008 to campaign for the right to agricultural land in the Khlong Sai Pattana community in Chaiburi District, Surat Thani Province and other areas in the region. SPFT has been active in supporting the Premsub Community in a land dispute involving Thai Boonthong, an oil palm company. Reportedly, the disputed land belongs to the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ARLO), which in 2009 allowed the villagers to remain on the land until the resolution of the dispute, as the company’s concession for the territory had ended 15 years before. However, it is reported that the company continues to occupy the land and that the villagers are at ongoing risk of forced eviction.