By : Choo Sing Chye
(New Clip with added information)
Watch it and find out yourself why the people of Papan, Bukit Merah and Menglembu protested against Asian Rare Earth, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical.
In the early years of 1984, the people were made to believe that the dumpsite was of good quality and ARE was expected to monitor the disposal of the radioactive waste.
This was a big let down. The quality of the trenches were overwhelmingly bad. The disposal of the radioactive waste was equally as appalling.
There was little or worst, no supervision at all for the waste disposal and the building of the trenches. The contractors were left to their own devises as to the course of action to be taken. Hence poor quality trenches were built and illegal dumping of the radioactive waste became a common practice.
At the cost of only RM 250 thousand per trench and the total cost of RM 18 million for the planned 72 trenches, it was minuscule compared to the RM 303 million present cleanup and building of the dumpsite.
It makes little sense to think all along that the government and Mitsubishi Chemical are doing the best for the people in Bukit Merah.
Could it be a sudden rise of cancer cases that prompted this massive cleanup? Who knows?
All along they thought the people who dissent are trouble makers and at the height of this controversy, the government insisted of labelling them as such.
But today who is right? The People or Mitsubishi Chemical?
In the early years of 1984, the people were made to believe that the dumpsite was of good quality and ARE was expected to monitor the disposal of the radioactive waste.
This was a big let down. The quality of the trenches were overwhelmingly bad. The disposal of the radioactive waste was equally as appalling.
There was little or worst, no supervision at all for the waste disposal and the building of the trenches. The contractors were left to their own devises as to the course of action to be taken. Hence poor quality trenches were built and illegal dumping of the radioactive waste became a common practice.
At the cost of only RM 250 thousand per trench and the total cost of RM 18 million for the planned 72 trenches, it was minuscule compared to the RM 303 million present cleanup and building of the dumpsite.
It makes little sense to think all along that the government and Mitsubishi Chemical are doing the best for the people in Bukit Merah.
Could it be a sudden rise of cancer cases that prompted this massive cleanup? Who knows?
All along they thought the people who dissent are trouble makers and at the height of this controversy, the government insisted of labelling them as such.
But today who is right? The People or Mitsubishi Chemical?
Definitely the People!
They have fought for their rights as citizens of this country to live in peace and to live in a clean environment like everyone else.
They have fought for their rights as citizens of this country to live in peace and to live in a clean environment like everyone else.
The freedom to peacefully dissent against the backdrop of this controversy without being haul up by the authorities is part and parcel of a democratic institution .
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSNWo8DKxKY
source : http://singchyeblog.blogspot.com/
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