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4 Jan 2018

Myanmar: Community residents protest vs. megaprojects due to environment damage and inadequate compensation; company responds

Residents of Myanmar town of Letpadung protest against Chinese-operated infrastructure megaprojects and allege that the operations are causing serious environmental damage.  Furthermore, residents in the community allege that there have been land expropriations without adequate compensation.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd. Company to respond. The company's response is linked below.

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