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WONG TACK AND 5 OTHERS FROM HIMPUNAN HIJAU ARE IN AUSTRALIA!
Himpunan Hijau occupies HQ of Australian toxic polluting company Lynas
Green Left Weekly
26 November 2013
Himpunan Hijau (Green Assembly) a movement from Malaysia against Australia rare earth miner Lynas Corporation are in Sydney occupying Lynas headquarters. In this video Himpunan Hijau chairman, Wong Tack talks about the mass movement – which includes a petition of over 1.2 milli0n Malaysians – who want to shut down the toxic and polluting Lynas Advanced Materials Plant and for Lynas to leave Malaysia.
http://stoplynas.org/himpunan-hijau-occupies-hq-of-australian-toxic-polluting-company-lynas/
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Himpunan Hijau occupies HQ of Australian toxic polluting company Lynas
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Published on Nov 26, 2013
Six Malaysian activists from the Himpunan Hijau (Green Assembly) group have begun a 24-hour, week-long occupation of the front of the corporate HQ of Lynas, the Australian company that has built an unwanted toxic rare earths refinery in Kuantan , Malaysia. They have come with a petition with the signatures of 1.2 million Malaysians who demand that the toxic plant be shut down by June 29, 2014 at the latest. Peter Boyle from Green Left TV spoke to Himpunan Hijau chairperson Wong Tack at the occupation.
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Malaysians to Occupy Lynas HQ in Sydney: Protest shareholder meeting, divest from Lynas
StopLynas.org
22.11.13 7:02 am
WHAT
SYDNEY | Eight representatives from Himpunan Hijau, one of the largest environmental movements in Malaysia, will be travelling to Australia to protest against Australian rare earth mining company, Lynas Corporation. Lynas has started exporting its toxic and radioactive rare-earth pollution to it’s controversial refinery, the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Kuantan, Malaysia.
Himpunan Hijau will be joined by Friends of the Earth Australia, Beyond Nuclear Initiative, AidWatch and The Greens.
WHERE & WHEN
Occupation outside Lynas Headquarters
ALL DAY Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 November 2013
56 Pitt Street, Sydney
Press conference hosted by The Greens
Thursday 28 November 2013
10AM behind NSW parliament
Protest outside Lynas Corporation Annual General Meeting
Friday 29 November
8:30AM-1:00PM
Opposite Establishment Hotel,
252 George Street Sydney
BACKGROUND
On August 4th 2011 Australian company Lynas Corporation officially opened its Mt Weld rare earth mine in Western Australia. Lynas has started exporting rare earth concentrates, through the port of Fremantle in Western Australia to the port of Kuantan in Malaysia, to their polluting, energy intensive and highly controversial rare earths processing plant, the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP).
The LAMP is vehemently opposed by at least a million Malaysians. It was constructed without any public consultation and near fishing communities. Its pollution and waste management are seriously deficient according to a scientific report[1] by Germany’s Oeko Institute.
StopLynas.org
An affiliate campaign of Friends of the Earth Australia
[1] “Description and Critical environmental Evaluation of the Rare Earth Refinery Plant LAMP near Kuantan/Malaysia” http://www.oeko.de/oekodoc/1629/2013-002-en.pdf
http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/pr-article/malaysians-to-occupy-lynas-hq-in-sydney-protest-s/
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