Shans take part in the anti

Shans take part in the anti-power plant protest

Shans in Thailand were among the protesters against the electricity power plant under construction across the border, reported Moengzay from Chiangrai.

More than two hundred Shans residing in Maesai District, Chiangrai Province, 250 km northeast of Chiangmai, participated in the demonstrations against the convoy form Bangkok transporting generators and other materials that arrived in Maesai on 19 April for the lignite power plant 4 km across the border. 

"It is not only the Thais who fear the sulfa dioxide emissions that will pollute the environment," one told S.H.A.N. "Our relatives in Tachilek are not in a position to express their opinions against the project, but we can, and we are doing this on their behalf." 

The convoy returned to Bangkok yesterday.