Protesters hold a placard during a protest calling for Taiwanese largest industrial group Formosa Plastics Group to investigate and voluntarily disclose its own findings on strange fish deaths in Vietnam, in Taipei, on June 17, 2016. A preliminary assessment of the damage caused by the pollution showed that it affected 450 hectares of coral reefs, of which 40 to 60% were destroyed. The report said some groups of sea creatures in affected areas were depleted by half. Formosa acknowledged late last month that it was responsible for the pollution and pledged to pay $500 million to clean it up and compensate affected people. The pollution from a unit of Formosa Plastics Group also decimated tourism in central provinces, the Thanh Nien newspaper on Friday quoted the government saying in a report to the National Assembly.

Source: Bangkok Post July 29, 2016 05:03 UTC