The Burma's president has suspended construction of a controversial Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam.

The population, all the Burmese who feel that they belong to the cultural heritage of the Irrawaddy River. They welcome news. the desire of the people, and to act according to the will of the people, "said the official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media.The vast majority of electricity produced in the dam would benefit China, the Burmese Aung Zaw, based in northern Thailand, told the BBC that the decision was unexpected.Thein Sein $ 3.6bn (£ 2.3bn) Myitsone dam was contrary to the will of the people and legislators. the suspension of social and political activists, says the BBC's Rachel Harvey in Bangkok. the campaign against the project of environmental conservation, the environment, and Kachin activists and political opposition.The dam project is being developed in conjunction with Myitsone Burma and China at the head of the Irrawaddy River and the confluence of Mali and N'Mai in Kachin State,

The president sent a message consisting of 10 points to the parliament this morning. One of them said that the construction of the dam on the Irrawaddy shelf will be during the period of his government," the newspaper quoted one of the officials in parliament, Reuters news agency and said.the project, which would create a reservoir of some 766 square kilometers (300 square miles) - about the size of Singapore - and forcibly displaced thousands of villagers Kachin ethnic, our correspondent says.the desire to seek new leadership legitimacy through more open to the public since it took over the military authority nominally civilian authority in March.