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المقال

17 مارس 2014

الكاتب:
Paul Vrieze, Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

Dawei Village to Sue Thai Mining Firm Over Environmental Impacts [Myanmar]

Villagers in Tenasserim Division’s Dawei District announced they will file a legal complaint against a Thai company and a Burmese government firm operating the Heinda tin mine, in order to seek compensation for severe environmental damage to their farmlands caused by the mine’s wastewater. In a press release…residents of Myaung Pyo village said they would complain to Dawei District Court over the operations of Thailand’s Myanmar Pongpipat Company and state-owned Mining Enterprise 2, which falls under the Ministry of Mining…“[C]reeks and rivers got shallow, many species of plants and animals went extinct and many of our plantations, houses, wells and religious buildings were destroyed due to waste and sediment,” villagers said in a release…[refers to PT Timah]

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Myanmar: Villagers to sue Thailand’s Myanmar Pongpipat & state-owned Mining Enterprise 2 over environmental impacts of Heinda tin mining operations

Myanmar Pongpipat lawsuit (re environmental & health impact of Heinda tin mine)