Local opposition to a Chinese-backed giant oil refinery is growing at Dawei, a city with big port plans. A number of groups are protesting the $3bn plans to build Myanmar’s largest oil refinery.
A petition is circulating calling for the new National League for Democracy-led government to reconsider the project – which received approval on the last full day of former president U Thein Sein’s administration.
The 100,000-barrels-per-day project would require the relocation of thousands of local people who have not been consulted on the issue.
China has invested billions in Myanmar, linking pipelines on the Andaman coast in to the Chinese interior.
