The villager, one of the three that personally delivered objection to proposed Batang coal-fired power plant in Central Java, Indonesia, to Japan Bank for International Cooperation, has been part of a long campaign to save community's rice fields and fisheries from the 2000 MW coal plant. Due to their opposition, the project has been delayed for several years, with 71 landowners refusing to sell their land to the project. For their opposition, farmers have been allegedly subjected to violence, harassment and intimidation, as well as imprisonment on trumped up charges. Despite not having the consent of the local residents, at the beginning of April 2015, construction work commenced at the proposed project site of the “Batang coal-fired power plant project in Central Java, Indonesia”, a large scale development project invested in by several Japanese companies, and with potential financing from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). Ongoing and strong concerns regarding a loss of livelihoods, such as farming and fishing, and health impacts from pollution, have been raised persistently by local communities.