On October 22, 2015, 386 members of Ban Haeng Conservation Group (“Rak Ban Haeng Group”) in Ban Haeng subdistrict, Ngao district, Lampang province filed an administrative suit against eight defendants: (1) Thailand’s Minister of Industry, (2) Department of Primary Industries and Mines, (3) Lampang Provincial Office of Industry, (4) Ban Haeng Subdistrict Headman, (5) the National Environmental Board’s Expert Committee on Mines, Smelting and Mineral Processing, (6) Office of