Is there anything to indicate they were deliberately acting against the interests of those affected, or is it just a lot of armchair quarterbacking. It's very easy to retrospectively judge people for decisions they had to make in a fog of war.
It was disgusting. I’m reserving any judgment on this story, no matter how incendiary the headline, until more facts come out.
In the case of the water they were trading off the water potentially saving lives vs the water being available to grow taro. It was not a tough call and the dude got it wrong.
(as per cratermoon's post, which seems stuck at the bottom on this page though)