People’s Green Coalition : Memorandum To The IAEA Panel
The People’s Green Coalition
The risks to the community far outweigh the benefits which will largely be gained by Lynas since it will enjoy a period of 12 years of tax exemption. The employment opportunities purported is facile if the risks to the workers were taken into account.
The People’s Green Coalition met with the IAEA Panel to register its strong objection the the LAMP Project located at Gebeng Industrial Estate Pahang on the 31st of May 2011.
The Coalition was represented by:
1. Mr. Ahmad Bongsu Bin Abdul Hamid Tuah, Nuclear Physicist.
2. Dr. Jayabalan, Physician in Occupational Medicine and Toxicologist at National Toxicology Centre University of Science Malaysia.
3. Prof. Tan Kah Kheng, Professor of Chemical Engineering HELP University, Visiting Fellow University of Cambridge.
A Memorandum To The IAEA Panel Investigation on The Public Nuisance of the LAMP Project in Gebeng Industrial Estate Pahang Malaysia dated 31st May 2011
Submitted by The People’s Green Coalition Malaysia is attached for your attention.
Written by Dr. Khim Pa
On behalf of the People’s Green Coalition.
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Memorandum To The IAEA Panel Investigation on The Public Nuisance of the LAMP Project in Gebeng Industrial Estate Pahang Malaysia dated 31
st May 2011.
Submitted by The People’s Green Coalition Malaysia.
Introduction
The People’s Green Coalition was invited by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to submit its views on the LAMP project to the IAEA Panel at 4.30pm on the 31st, May 2011.
The Position of the People’s Green Coalition
The Coalition supports resolutely the demand of the people of Pahang and Malaysia to stop LAMP from operating in Malaysia based on the following reasons:
1. The project will cause grave ecology disaster to the environment of Pahang and the whole of Malaysia resulting in irreversible damage to the flora, fauna and human settlements.
2. The toxic chemicals emitted during the manufacturing process and the radioactive waste products will severely damage the health and well-being of the population of Pahang and Malaysia.
3. A severely damage ecology will affect fishing, agricultural and animal husbandry industries whose products will be contaminated and hence will be rejected by both the local and international markets.
4. Once contaminated, the palm oil exports will not be accepted by the international communities with the dire consequences of causing a possible collapse of the palm oil industries in Malaysia resulting in irrevocable damage to the national economy.
5. The property prices in and around Kuantan have already seen a sharp decline due to the fear of chemical and radioactive contamination of the environment. The tourism industries will similarly experience a decline as tourists avoid visiting a contaminated environment.
6. The radioactive waste will last for an infinite period of time thus further endangering the health and life of generations to come.
The risks to the community far outweigh the benefits which will largely be gained by Lynas since it will enjoy a period of 12 years of tax exemption. The employment opportunities purported is facile if the risks to the workers were taken into account.
Malaysia has endured a tragic experience when Mitsubishi Corporation established the Asian Rare Earth Plant in Bukit Merah Perak about 30 years ago. It is an undeniable fact that the people of Bukit Merah suffered grievous bodily harm till today as Mitsubishi is still attempting to clean up the radioactive waste in the region.
Conclusion
The People’s Green Coalition resolutely rejects the LAMP project in Gebeng Industrial Estate, Pahang.
Submitted by The People’s Green Coalition Malaysia
Dated 31stMay 2011.
NB: A detailed study of the EIA and RIA reports will be submitted in due course in view of the short notice of invitation by MITI to this consultation as well as the late release of EIA and RIA reports by MITI on the 30thMay 2011.
Watch the video of the Anti-Lynas gathering held on 31st May 2011.
