Let's Support the victims of Japanese funded dam in Indonesia's Sumatra island.

Let's Support the victims of Japanese funded dam in Indonesia's Sumatra island.
8,396 residents and natural ecosystem filed Koto Panjang Dam lawsuit in Tokyo.
8,396 residents and Natural ecosystem* filled Japanese funded dam a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court for removal the dam and compensation on Sep.5, 2002 & Mar.28, 2003. They are the victims of Koto Panjang Dam funded with Japanese ODA ( Official Development Assistance).
The Defendants are Japanese government, JBIC(Japan Bank for International Cooperation), JICA ( Japan International Cooperation Agency ), and TEPSCO ( Tokyo Electric Power Service CO.).
This is the first lawsuit in Japan to bring justice to Japanese ODA

Let's support the victims with us.

(*)Sumatra Elephants, Tigers, Tapirs, etc.
Representative=WALHI ( Indonesian Forum for Environment )

TRIAL DATE (Tokyo District Court)
1st Jul. 3, 2003 10:00-
2nd Sep. 11, 2003 10:00-
3rd Oct. 9, 2003 10:00-
4th Nov. 13, 2003 10:00-
5th Dec 11, 2003 10:00-
6th Jan. 22, 2004 10:00-

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Japanese Committee Supporting the Victims of Koto Panjang Dam
Tokyo 9-7-A302, Shin Ogawa-machi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo,162-0814, Japan
TEL.+81-3-3267-0156, FAX.+81-3-3267-0158 Osaka 4-7-26-304, Higashinoda, Toshima-ku, Osaka-shi,534-0024, Japan
TEL.+81-6-6242-8130, FAX.+81-6-6242-8131 E-mail kotopanjang@mx9.ttcn.ne.jp
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"Koto Panjang" is also spelled "Kota Panjang" which is used in the literature published by Indonesian and Japanese Government. We use "Koto Panjang", following the local Minan Kabau usage

What is Koto Panjang Lawsuit ?

Japanese Taxes are Oppressing the People in Indonesia.

Koto Panjang Dam was built by Japanese companies at a cost of approximately 31.2 billion ODA (official development assistance) yen loan in 1996. The construction displaced households and some farm land of 23 thousand people, in about 5,000 families. The villagers were forced to live in an unproductive land where couldn’t easily access even to water. They are forced to live under the situation that farming is impossible, meals are not enough and children reluctantly have to quit school. Japan’s ODA offered from taxes and postal savings is not used for the villagers, but on the contrary has caused serious damage to them.

Dam Construction for Vested interest? Real power generation accounts for only 15% of the estimated energy

Koto Panjang Dam is hydroelectric dam located right on the equator in the middle of Sumatra island of Indonesia with height of 58meters, a length of 258 meters along with submerged area of 124 sq KM.
Though more than live years have already passed since its construction, its power generation is only 15% of initial estimation and has been in full production only for five days. The reason is that the dam was built for the interests of politicians, bureaucrats, construction consultancies both in Japan and Indonesia in respect of unrealistic prospect.
However, Foreign Ministry in Japan has advertised this dam as " a model of eco-human right friendly ODA"

Destruction of ecosystem - Elephants, Tigers, Tapirs, etc. are starved and fish are killed.

The dam construction has cause declining quality water of reservoir by decay of trees and death of large amount of fish there. As the flood of wigglers are generating in the shallow water area, it is fearful that the malaria epidemic would be prevailing. Most of Sumatra elephants, Sumatra Tigers, tapirs, etc. driven out of submerged land were starved to death because of lack of foods.

Lawsuit Against Japanese Government et al. Plaintiffs are local villagers and ecosystem.

Sep.5, 2002 & Mar.28, 2003, 8396 victims and ecosystem ( Sumatra Elephants, Tigers, Tapir, etc., representative = WALHI (Indonesian Forum for Environment ) filed a lawsuit with Tokyo district court against Japanese government, JBIC, JICA, and TEPSCO for removal of the dam, restoration to its original state and compensation


About Supporters’ Committee

Any individuals who are willing to support the lawsuit, have some attention on Indonesia or other Asian countries, have question about Official Development Assistance (ODA) and are interested in Dam and environmental issues are strongly welcomed to become members of this Committee Supporting Victims of the Koto Panjang Dam.
Senior Members
Chairman
Mr. Kazuo SUMI
Professor of the Faculty of Law,
Niigata Univ.
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Yoshinori MURAI
Professor of the Faculty of Foreign Studies,
Sphia Univ.
Secretary General
Mr. Katsuhiro TOYAMA
ktoyama@po.kulawanka.ne.jp
Attorneys?
Mr. Akihiko OGUCHI (Head Lawyer)
Minato godo Law Firms
Mr. Yoshimi FURUKAWA
Yotsuya nishi Law Firms
Mr. Fimio ASANO
Ginza higashi Law Firms
Mr. Takeo KAWAMURA
Miyamoto Takahiko Law Firms
Mr. Takaki KAGOHASHI
Nagoya E&J Law Firms
(Japan Environment Lawyers Federation)
Mr. Shuji OKUMURA
Kyoritsu Law Firms
How to Join Supporters' Committee
In order to join Supporter's Committee, please pay an annual fee through money order placing your name, address and phone number in the correspondence column of the form.
Annual Fee
General public:4,000JPY / Students:2,000JPY / Organizations:10,000JPY
Privileges for Members
We will provide you as a member a news letter which contains information concerning local situation, trial report, ODA information, trial, lectures and exchanges around the country, tour in Indonesia and others.
Administration
Annual campaign policy is decided and administrators are elected in a plenary session held once a year. And a representative and the secretariat for operation are located in “Supporters' Committee”.
Office
Tokyo
9-7-A302, Shin Ogawa-machi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo,162-0814, Japan
TEL.+81-3-3267-0156, FAX.+81-3-3267-0158
Osaka
4-7-26-304, Higashinoda, Toshima-ku, Osaka-shi,534-0024, Japan
TEL.+81-6-6242-8130, FAX.+81-6-6242-8131
E-mail
kotopanjang@mx9.ttcn.ne.jp

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