Deal #3463 Version #61339

Communities have protested and have often organized strike actions against MOPP for benefits that have been promised but have not been delivered.

Resettlement only if the inhabitants impede the investors development. If so, the investor and the government work together to resettle, at the investors cost, up to a maximum of US$ 200 per hectare. The government will pay the costs exceeding US$200. Investor resettlement costs will be credited against income tax payable. Another source states: Individual accounts suggest communities were forcibly evicted from their homes; properties were destroyed and houses burnt; and communities lost their farmlands and their livelihoods - but did not receive any compensation for crops destroyed or for any other damages.

Investor to provide reasonable medical care for local communities. The company will invest $5 per developed hectare annually to the community development fund- the fund is managed by a committee selected by the local community. Benefits not delivered as promised.