Indigenous local Nabule Residents Call Responsibility and Accountability for the Damages Caused by the Dawei Special Economic Zone Project

Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is located in southern Myanmar (Burma) and it would be one of the largest petrochemical estates in South-East Asia. Dawei SEZ project was signed MOU between Governments of Myanmar and Thailand in 2008 and a 60 year concession was granted to ITD (Italian-Thai Development Pcl) in 2010. Max-Myanmar Company Limited Ltd withdrew its investment in July 2012. In November, 2013 concession right of the project were transferred to Speical Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is joined owned (50:50) by the governments of Myanmar-Thailandbut the project has been delayed […]