Dalian fishmen frustrated over delayed reparation

By Zhang Xuanchen | September 15, 2010, Wednesday |

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NEARLY 1,000 fishermen who suffered massive losses in China's worst-ever oil spill are losing compensation battle against the state-owned oil giant as the muted government showed more interest in economic development than residents' well-being.

The fishermen in northeastern Dalian city are threatened with bankruptcy as they could scoop nothing but dead fish or prawn after the sea was polluted by 11,227 tons of crude oil spilled in a pipeline blast on July 16.

They become even more desperate when hopes for compensation are fading. After filing numerous complaints and compensation claims to the pipeline's owner, PetroChina Co, Dalian government and maritime court, they received only plausible rhetoric and empty promises saying "Your grievances will be heard by concerned authorities soon."

A group of 20 victims from Hezuizi Village went to Beijing on September 2 to complain to the State Bureau for Letters and Calls on September 2. They said the whole village of 100 fishing families suffered 30 million yuan losses altogether.

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Dalian fishmen frustrated over delayed reparation

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