Damming at gunpoint(English Version)

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Burma facts • The Burmese regime has more than doubled the size of its army to over 400,000 since 1988. • Burma (approx. total population 52 million) has the highest per capita ratio of soldiers to civilians in the world. • The regime spends over 40% of its national budget on arms, and only 0.4% and 0.5% of its GDP on health and education. • The regime has refused to honour the national elections of 1990, won in a landslide victory by the National League for Democracy • Continuing civil war in the ethnic states has caused over 600,000 internally displaced people in Eastern Burma, over 140,000 refugees in camps on the Thai-Burma border including about 120,000 Karen people, and about 2 million refugees/migrants in Burma’s neighbouring countries. • The regime earns over US$400 million a year from selling off Burma’s natural gas to foreign investors. Now it wants to sell off the country’s hydropower to further strengthen its military forces. iii
Map 2: Planned Salween Dam Sites on Thai-Burma Border iv
Page 2 and 3: DAMMING AT GUNPOINT BURMA ARMY ATRO
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Page 6 and 7: TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements
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Page 12 and 13: Summary As Thailand proceeds with p
Page 14 and 15: Rationale Introduction This report
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Page 20 and 21: Dams and the Burmese military regim
Page 22 and 23: The Salween dam plans The Salween R
Page 24 and 25: The Wei Gyi and Dar Gwin dams in Ka
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Page 28 and 29: Political context of the dams in Ka
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Page 38 and 39: Burma Army tactics to seize control
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CONDITIONS AROUND THE PLANNED DAM S
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Recent developments along the Salwe
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE SALWE
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Impacts of the dam It is certain th
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IMPACTS OF THE DAM 67 Villagers bel
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IMPACTS OF THE DAM 69 PHOTO:KRW(200
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71
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APPENDICES 73 have so much medicine
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Appendix 2: SPDC garrisons in Papun
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