To: President Hu Jintao
OPEN LETTER REQUESTING CHINA TO HALT DESTRUCTION OF VILLAGES OPPOSED TO CHINA’S MYITSONE DAM IN BURMA
May 27, 2010
His Excellency President Hu Jintao
Zhongnanhai, Xichengqu, Beijing
People's Republic of China
CC: Mr. Lu Qizhou
President China Power Investment Corporation (CPI)
Dear President Hu,
On behalf of the communities suffering from the Myitsone Dam project in Kachin State, we appeal to you to immediately halt the forced relocation and destruction of the villages of those opposed to this project by China’s state-owned
China Power Investment Corporation. The construction of this dam is against the will of local people and violates China’s own dam construction guidelines as well as international standards.
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