"Shan representatives deliver dam petition to Australian consultants in Yangon", 25 Aug 2015

Shan community representatives are...presenting a petition containing 23,717 signatures opposing the building of dams on the Salween River to the Australian company Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC) at their office in Yangon...The signatures were collected from people throughout Shan State, particularly townships adjoining the Salween, who are alarmed at Naypyidaw’s accelerated plans to dam their river to export hydropower. “The Salween River is the lifeblood of millions of ethnic people in Burma,” said Nang Kham Naung, a Kunhing resident. “It is ours, and must not be sold by Naypyidaw and foreign companies.”