Anwar sees West conspiracy<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has
\naccused the West of ganging up against Malaysia to thwart the
\nbuilding of a massive dam, stiffly opposed by environmentalists.<\/p>\n
Anwar told Malaysian students at a meeting in London at the
\nweekend that the Bakun dam was necessary to cope with an expected
\nshortage of power by 2003, the year the dam in the eastern state
\nof Sarawak was due for completion.<\/p>\n
\"The Western world is ganging up against us,\" Anwar was
\nreported saying in the New Sunday Times. \"I heard a CNN (Cable
\nNews Network) report last night in which a member of a Malaysian
\nnon-governmental organization was asked what he thought of the
\nBakun dam.<\/p>\n
\"He said Bakun is a peninsular project, that the company is
\nowned by peninsular Malaysia and that the government is
\nexploiting those in Sarawak,\" Anwar, currently on a week-long
\nvisit to Britain and Ireland, related.<\/p>\n
Anwar pointed out that the dam developer, Ekran Bhd, is a
\nSarawakian company and Sarawak holds a major stake in the
\nproject.<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/anwar-sees-west-conspiracy-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}