Indonesian Community Reps File Cirebon Coal Plant Objections with JIBC

(Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo, 24 May 2017) On May 24, 2017, two Indonesian community representatives affected by the JIBC supported Cirebon Coal-fired Power Plant Project in West Java arrived in Japan and handed their objections to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) with respect to the expansion of the Unit 2 power plant (1,000 MW). At the same time, Indonesian and Japanese NGOs filed their complaints with the Japanese National Contact Point (NCP) under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). Japanese public and private sectors, including Marubeni and JERA as investors, have pushed through the project despite already serious damages to the livelihoods of the local community and the April 19 revocation of its environmental permit by the District Court in Bandung.

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