RICE FARMERS from Phichit and nearby provinces yesterday laid siege to the Bueng Na Rang District Office to demand long-overdue payment for their last crop under the government's controversial pledging scheme, while others continued demonstrating on a major highway.
In Ratchaburi, farmers have threatened to block a key crossing of major routes linking |the South and the Central region in a few |days.
Some of them vowed to head to Bangkok to launch protests after they gathered at a rice development centre in Muang district and handed their sale certificates to Walit Charoencombat, their leader.
Walit said he would include the certificates as proof of sales in petitions to the PM's Office and Commerce Ministry for immediate payment.
He said 27,000 farmers were registered for the scheme in Ratchaburi, but fewer than 4,000 had received money from the government.