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A senior commander of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), which claims to control land in Myanmar affected by the project, says the Myanmar military has moved more troops into the area and this could derail peace talks with the government.
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don have a Thai citizenship card. We don have titles for the land we live on, said Tikuepor, who goes by a single name, sitting on a bench in the school grounds. won receive any compensation if we have to leave this village.
Sob Moei is located 47 kms (30 miles) upstream from the site of the long planned 1,360 megawatt Hatgyi dam in Myanmar.
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In Sob Moei, a remote village at the confluence of the Moei and Salween rivers, about 40 families buy canada goose jacket cheap share Tikuepor plight, according to the Canada Goose sale village Thai Karen headman, Decha Srisawaidaoruang, 30.
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have not been buy canada goose jacket many channels to voice our concerns about this dam and we do not have access to decision makers, said Decha.
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