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Published on September 4, 2007

At about 7pm Sunday evening, two men on a motorbikes threw two grenades into the Egat (Electricity Genera-ting Authority of Thailand) camp where some 40 workers live, the source said.

The bombs killed a man known only as "Saman" (family name unknown) instantly and injured others but the number of injured remains unclear.

The Hat Gyi dam is part of a series of controversial dams that Thailand and Burma plan to build on the Salween River since 2005 to generate 10,000 megawatts of electricity. The Hat Gyi will be the first to be completed, in five or six years, and has a capacity of 1,200 MW.

The remaining Thai workers at the construction site are reportedly on their way home due to fears for their safety.

The dam has been opposed by a many groups, notably ethnic rebels along the border between Thailand and Burma. Sunday's bomb was not the first. In May, a bomb exploded at the site when workers were washing up after work. Two bombs were planted but only one exploded.

The Burmese junta accused the rebel group Karen National Union of being responsible for the explosion.

The Nation