Evictees watch a community building burn next to a sugar plantation in Oddar Meanchey after authorities set it ablaze during a 2009 eviction. The class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand is a first for the country. - The Nation/ANN Villagers are mounting a class action suit against Thai sugar firm Mitr Phol.
BANGKOK (Reuters): A Bangkok court on Friday (July 31) agreed to grant class action status to more than 700 Cambodian families suing a Thai sugar firm for evicting them from their homes, a lawsuit that human rights experts see as a test case for transboundary disputes.
The lawsuit against Asia's largest sugar producer Mitr Phol, for the evictions in 2008-09, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
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