In a letter to GeneWatch UK, Professor Pakdee Photisiri, the head of the Department of Medical Sciences of Thailand s Ministry of Public Health, has been forced to defend the independence of his laboratory having been named as a target in Monsanto s memo leaked to GeneWatch earlier this month. Cooperation with this request is likely given the importance of the lab and Dr. Pakdi's position. In his letter to GeneWatch, Professor Pakdee said that his laboratory would continue to resist any pressure to compromise its impartiality. Recently, there have been demonstrations led by farmers in Thailand against GM crops.
Farmers rally against GMOs .