<p>On 28 September, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold an Appeal Court verdict and sentenced a villager in Lampang to 1 year in prison, suspended for 2 years, and a fine of 400,000 baht, for encroaching on national forest land, and evicted her from her land.</p>

<p>The Appeal Court has sentenced a villager in Lampang to 1 year in prison and a fine of 400,000 baht for encroaching on national park land, despite evidence that the plot in question has been occupied since 1954.</p>