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Myanmar villagers troubled by China-backed power plant

Local residents say runoff from the Shan State plant is polluting local water supplies, and gas emissions are polluting the air. Some locals who lost land to the plant say they were not properly compensated.

But the coal-run plant offers people of the state with a reliable source of power, officials say.

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