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Taiwan steel firm behind toxic dump in Vietnam fined agai-The 19th China(Guangzhou)Int'l Stainless Steel Industry Exhibition
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Citizen Co Za reported that a Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic spill that killed tonnes of fish in central Vietnam last year was fined for a second time for illegally burying “harmful” waste. Official sources said that the deadly dump from Formosa’s USD 11 billion steel plant in Ha Tinh province sparked one of the country’s worst environmental catastrophes, decimating livelihoods along swathes of coastline and prompting months of rare protests in the authoritarian country.
According to the official Cong Ly newspaper, the firm was initially fined USD 500 million for pouring toxic chemicals including cyanide into the ocean in April 2016, and has now been ordered to pay an additional USD 25,000 on separate charges of burying harmful solid waste in the ground.
Cong Ly, the mouthpiece of the Supreme Court said that a local contractor will also be fined USD 20,000 for helping to dispose of the 100 cubic metres of waste.
An official in Ha Tinh province confirmed the latest fine to AFP on Sunday, without providing further details.
The waste was buried in July 2016, and local residents reported seeing trucks ferrying the material to a farm belonging to the contractor hired to dispose of it.
Police confirmed the waste came from Formosa and launched an investigation last year. Officials would not comment on why it took more than a year to issue the nominal fines.
The toxic spill set off angry demonstrations against the company and the government in the one-party state that routinely jails its critics, including by affected fishermen who demanded greater compensation.
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