"Locals in Dawei Seek Justice After Impact of Destructive Tin Mining", 21 Dec 2016

Villagers from the economic development-driven Dawei District in Tenasserim Division say that they have not received proper compensation after a tin mining project began negatively affecting their livelihoods...[L]ocals from Myaung Pyo village in Dawei District...had been fighting for two years to be compensated by the Myanmar Pongpipat Company’s Heinda tin mining project due to its negative physical and environmental impact...The Heinda project, conducted by Myanmar Pongpipat Company and No 2. Mining Enterprise, has caused severe flooding and sedimentation, destroying villagers’ houses, plantations, sanitation infrastructure and making the water toxic, according to a statement released by the Dawei Pro Bono Lawyers Network...The legal case is currently pending...Nine plaintiffs from Myaung Pyo village first filed a lawsuit against the Myanmar Pongpipat Company in March 2014...However...the plaintiffs were barred from pursuing the case further as the courts decided it should have been filed within one year of the damage...The Dawei Pro Bono Lawyers Network...argued that the time limitations relied on by the Union Supreme Court are inapplicable...