This article, although short indicates a particularly perverse action - even for the SLORC: diverti

This article, although short indicates a particularly perverse action - even for the SLORC: diverting water from a dam which immediately inundated villagers rice paddy, in order to access a coal deposit. (At least when Rio Tinto did a similar thing some years ago to access part of the Kelian gold lode in east Kalimantan it gave some warning).