Summary UN has urging South Korean steel giant POSCO to steel plant plan over human rights concerns.
NEW DELHI (AP) - A UN panel of experts is urging South Korean steel giant POSCO to suspend plans for a $12 billion steel plant in eastern India over human rights concerns.
The call by the UN experts follows a June report by rights groups saying tens of thousands of people were being threatened by illegal land seizures in the state of Orissa.
The project, one of India s biggest foreign investments, has been mired for eight years by legal hurdles and sustained protests.
As India s economy has slowed, however, some legal hurdles have been cleared in recent months, allowing the company to obtain a license to explore for iron ore.
In August, POSCO said it was "deeply anguished" that the June report had subjected the project to "fallacious criticism, distorted facts and erroneous interpretation."
