Tin Mining Company Accused of Polluting River Urged to Drop Defamation Charges
A tin-mining company accused of polluting a river in Myanmar with toxic chemicals including arsenic has come under fire from rights groups for suing a Thai journalist and his newspaper.
Myanmar Pongpipat Co Ltd, a Thai company, has launched a criminal defamation suit against Pratch Rujivanarom and the Bangkok-based newspaper The Nation following the publication of a story it says damages its reputation.
