Government spokesperson and Permanent Minister to the Prime Minister's office, Suranan Vejjajiva (right), receives the petition from Greenpeace campaigner Patwajee Srisuwan (2nd from left) to stop GMO papaya field trials in Thailand.
Greenpeace arrived at the government's mobile cabinet meeting in Chanthabri province in south east Bangkok to present the petition with more than 20,000 signatures. They are urging Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra to stop all field trials on genetically engineered (GE) papaya in the country.