Protest March: December 27, 1998

On December 27, 1998, more than 5,000 residents of Eppawala and its environs, led by Buddhist monks, marched in defiance of the Government of Sri Lanka and Freeport-McMoRan/IMC-Agrico. Chanting angry chants, the people of Eppawala -- farmers and workers, young and old, male and female -- demonstrated their refusal to leave their homes for the mining project.

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