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Comments on Video Documentary on the Planned Coal Power Plant in Ann-din Village, Ye Township, Mon State

By Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) & Local People

1. After the Toyo Thai Company, based in Thailand with the most share of Japanese companies, plans to build a coal power
   plant which produces 1270 megawatt of electricity, have created a lot of concerns and in-stability among the local people in the area.  This video documentary have recorded the negative impacts to the communities, due to this so-called investment.
2. It has been some intensive conflict and disagreement between those opposed the project and those will be benefited from the project.   The community people along the Pa-lain mountain range, which comprised of 9 villages, have understood the negative impacts of the coal power plant from various sources and they have been constantly opposed the project.
3. This coal power plant will provide a few megawatt of electricity power to the local people in Mon State, and the majority will be sold out to the neighboring countries.  However, the generations of local people will be suffered from the negative impacts from the power plant.
4. Burma/Myanmar is rich with its natural resources especially with various types of energy resources such as gas.  It belongs a plant of gas in its western and southern sea, in Gulf of Mataban, and Irrawaddy and Arakan coastal areas.  However, the previous military government and the current government has sold out the gas via Yatana, Yetagon and Shwe gas pipeline to Thailand and China prior to the local people in Burma.
5. On the other hand, the government agrees to bring the coal power plant and dam construction into the country, which are totally opposed by the people in the democratic countries, where the civil society area strong.  But it aims to sell out these electricity power from power plant and dams.
6. This is the key mistake of energy policy by this government, selling out its rich resources, not use for the people, and brings in power plants which will impact thousands of the people of their livelihood, socio-economics and environment.
7. This video documentary shows about impacts of this governments’ mistaken energy policy toward the local people, by describing their opinions and feeling and their attitude toward coal power plant.

Dated: 31 January 2015

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