A leading local activist claimed yesterday that he and others were deliberately hit by a truck owned by a Chinese company that operates the controversial Letpadaung copper mine in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region, according to an RFA report on 23 August.
Thwe Thwe Win, who has led protests against the mine, told RFA’s Myanmar Service he was hit by the truck after he and others went to the company’s office in the town of Letpadaung after workers dumped waste soil on the grounds of three Buddhist pagodas and shrines.
Thwe Thwe Win said he and the others filed a complaint at the local police station against the Chinese driver of the truck, who does not speak the Myanmar language.