titled, "Preliminary Feasibility Study of Hutgyi Hydropower Project in the Union of Myanmar". The study recommended the construction of a "a low height, run-of-river dam having a capacity of 300 MW". In November 2005, however, Thailand's energy minister cited a newer feasibility which stated that the dam could handle a capacity of up to 1,200 megawatts of power. In 2004, survey work began on the project. However, when two EGAT employees were killed in May of that year, one from a grenade and the other from a landmine, the project was halted. In December 2005, in preparation for a series of dam investments along the Salween River, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Myanmar's Hydro Electric Power Department and Thailand's EGAT. In June of the following year, another memorandum of understanding was signed, which this time included Sinohydro, in addition to Myanmar and EGAT. Shortly thereafter, work commenced on road repairs near the dam site. In these MOUs, Myanmar and Thailand agreed to keep all data and joint studies on the dam "strictly confidential". Work on the project once again stalled when an EGAT staff member was killed in 2007. Work resumed on the project in 2008. Looking at the concurrent developments in the region's ethnic conflicts, the Karen National Liberation Army Peace Council (KNLAPC), which was founded by the commander of the Karen National Liberation Army’s 7th Brigade, signed a peace agreement with Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) in February 2007. 2008-2010 In 2008, another MOU was signed, this time between Myanmar and Sinohydro, which established Sinohydro as the majority shareholder in the dam project. June 2009 saw another uptick in violence, as the DKBA and the army began an offensive against the KNU. Because of this offensive, around 4,000 Karen villagers were forced to flee their homes. This was the largest refugee influx from Karen to Thailand in over a decade. Across the border during the same year, Thailand's Office of the Prime Minister formed a subcommittee to look into and monitor the potential human rights impacts of the Hatgyi project. In 2010, the subcommittee recommended more extensive studies on the local impacts of the dam project, focusing especially on the impact of the project on Thailand. The recommendation claimed the existing environmental impact assessment (EIA) did not focus enough on the implications of the project for Thailand. Nothing ever came of these recommendations,