Farmers confront riot police at the site of the Letpadaung copper mine near Monywa in northwestern Burma, Monday. Pic: AP.
YANGON, Burma (AP) — Villagers protesting their eviction for expansion of a Chinese-backed copper mine in Burma are continuing a stand-off with security forces, a day after their confrontation left one woman dead and 20 other people hurt.
Han Win Aung, an activist, says about 1,000 police and security guards and more than 200 Chinese mine workers have surrounded several villages that protesters have refused to leave. He says two villagers suffered gunshot wounds Tuesday morning. His account could not be independently confirmed, and neither police nor mining company officials were immediately available for comment.
The state-run Myanma Ahlin daily reported Tuesday that one villager was killed and 20 other people, including 11 policemen, injured in a melee Monday when villagers protested against an attempt to fence off land for the mining project.
http://www.information.myanmaronlinecentre.com/burma-mine-protest-continues-after-shooting/
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