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| LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT |
Faced with a press release arguing the community of Buyat Pante in Buyat Bay is suffering from starvation, local village leaders react to set the record straight.
In their words,
- the people of Buyat Pante are not going out to fish “because they have been instructed not to go out to sea and have been subjected to intimidation by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO). The community have also been promised by NGO of getting houses and large amounts of money if their struggle is successful.”
- “There are no extraordinary health problems in Buyat Pante. The community suffers from general illnesses as suffered by other communities.”
- “What has happened at Buyat Pante is that several people have been instructed by NGOs to pretend to be sick when a reporter is present, particularly a television reporter.”
Click here to read the full letter.
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