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Quang Binh: Demonstrations Against Formosa

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Danlambao’s Reader – Infuriated by the authorities’ incompetence in dealing with the massive fish deaths, hundreds of Quang Binh locals spilled in the streets in the afternoon of 29th April, 2016, fiercely demonstrating against Formosa’s environmental pollution. This was the second day in a row as local fishermen at Canh Duong commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh, demonstrated. Photos and video clips show that the people have put up tents and canvass in the middle of National Highway 1A, which was then completely congested. More than a ton of dead fish was spilled over the street to evidence the authorities’ crime of concealing Formosa’s act of destroying the environment. Banners were held to express the locals’ decisive attitude: “We choose fish and shrimps, not the factory.” “Drive Formosa out of Vietnam” “Return the clean sea to us.” Hours of demonstration being met with the local authorities’ inaction on the issue, the people then decided to indefinitely cordon off National