Victims of Formosa spill in Vietnam seek compensation 0 SHARES Share it! The spill devastated fishing communities along swathes of coastline and prompted months of rare protests in the one-party state. “I hope Taiwan’s independent judiciary will seriously handle the case to return justice to the victims and I hope Formosa will give Vietnam back a clean ocean so the fish will return,” he added. Activists said even though the pollution occurred in Vietnam, Taiwan’s court has the jurisdiction because the defendants — board members and major shareholders of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation — are mostly Taiwanese. But activists said only “some people” got around Tw$20,000 in compensation and that the Vietnamese government has jailed people who demanded greater compensation.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 11, 2019 08:26 UTC