Two news reports appeared in December 2011 citing alleged abuses – including displacement, environmental degradation and labour concerns -- in connection with the Dawei (Tavoy) deep-sea port development project on the Burmese-Thai border being developed by the Italian-Thai Development Company:

"Dawei port: villagers protest land confiscation", Min Thet and Phanida, Mizzima News, 16 December 2011 
"Tavoy natives fear deep-sea port impacts", Shwe Aung, Democratic Voice of Burma, 16 December 2011 

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Italian-Thai Development Company to reply; the company sent the following response:

Italian-Thai Development Company response [DOC] 

News update:

On 10 January The Irrawaddy reported that the government had cancelled the coal-fired power plant project that would supply electricity to the industrial zone:

Dawei Power Plant Canceled [Burma], Patrick Boehler, Irrawaddy 10 Jan 2012