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Luke Duggleby is an award-winning British freelance photographer who has been based in Bangkok, Thailand, for more than 15 years. Focusing on Asia, he has worked for some of the most globally respected media publications and NGO's producing...
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The current issue that the villagers of Nong Nae are fighting against is the illegal height of a fly-ash mountain that they say is poisoning the surrounding area.
In the meeting room of Nong Nae village, locals fighting a variety of illegal dumping cases look over their notes and photographs they have collected over the years as proof. This area has a lot of problems with toxic dumping and the most famous activist called Prajob Nao-opas, 43, was shot four times in broad daylight in Chacheongsao province after spending the past year fighting illegal toxic waste disposal by various industrial estates in the vicinity of his village. After his death the villagers commissioned a life-size wax model of Prajob that sits at a desk in a building as a way to never forget him.
The area around the village of Nong Nae has a long history of problems with companies and factories illegally dumping toxic waste close to their homes.
Here a local factory dumped tonnes of glass wool in to a pond poisoning the water and creating a hazard risk for those living close by.
Jon Nao-opas (green shirt) raises his point in a meeting between villagers and representatives from the AA paper company discuss the problem at the local government headquarters. He is the older brother of the slain activist Prajob Nao-opas.
Several years again a local rubber farmer and ex-school teacher Manit Lawindi (pictured attaching two hose pipes) caught a truck emptying thousands of gallons of toxic water on to his land. As a result the land was poisoned (seen in the picture) and after years he is still attempting to clean the area through a series of filtering ponds. Here he shows the toxic mud that has come from the pool where the truck dumped the liquid.
Local villagers take part in a Buddhist ceremony as part of the two year anniversary of the murder of Prajob Nao-opas who was killed on February 25, 2013.
The man in blue is Prajob's father and the man in green is his older brother who now leads the protests against the factories.
Prajob Nao-opas, 43, was shot four times in broad daylight in Chacheongsao province, 20 miles east of Bangkok, after spending the past year fighting illegal toxic waste disposal by various industrial estates in the vicinity of his village.
Local villagers take part in a Buddhist ceremony as part of the two year anniversary of the murder of Prajob Nao-opas who was killed on February 25, 2013.
In the meeting room of Nong Nae village, locals fighting a variety of illegal dumping cases look over their notes and photographs they have collected over the years as proof.
Sanan Noppakit angrily accuses the company of killing his rubber trees during a meeting between villagers, government representatives and people from the AA paper company. They are discussing the problem at the local government headquarters.
Several years again a local rubber farmer and ex-school teacher Manit Lawindi (pictured) caught a truck emptying thousands of gallons of toxic water on to his land. As a result the land was poisoned and after years he is still attempting to clean the area through a series of filtering ponds. Here he shows the toxic mud that has come from the pool where the truck dumped the liquid.
Local villagers take part in a Buddhist ceremony as part of the two year anniversary of the murder of Prajob Nao-opas who was killed on February 25, 2013.
The current issue that the villagers of Nong Nae are fighting against is the illegal height of a fly-ash mountain that they say is poisoning the surrounding area. This area has a lot of problems with toxic dumping and the most famous activist called