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Makassar evictees
bar councillors
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Some 200 protesters, mostly women
accompanied by their children, barred the gates of the municipal
council here on Wednesday, to protest their evictions by the city
administration.
Their move left at least 15 councillors and officials unable
to go home, although office hours were over.
The protesters were all recently evicted -- either from their
homes in the hamlets of Lette and Panambungan, Mariso district,
or from their kiosks at Soekarno-Hatta seaport.
They said the council had ignored their demand for the
dismissal of Makassar Mayor Ilham Arif Sirajuddin over the
evictions. --JP
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Yogya-Waste-Raid
Leather company
accused of pollution
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YOGYAKARTA: Police here on Wednesday accused leather company
PT Budi Makmur Jaya Murni of dumping its toxic waste into a pit
in Nglengkong, Sleman regency.
Two trucks carrying 27 drums of toxic waste were seized by the
local police as evidence.
Yogyakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Dadang Rusli
promised to take the case to court.
The raid involved activists from the Center for Environmental
Studies (PSLH) and Gadjah Mada University (UGM). --JP
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Focus-Donggala-survey
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Donggala eyes gold,
activists object
DONGGALA, Central Sulawesi: A senior official has said the
Donggala administration will soon cooperate with several
universities in Central Sulawesi to find out whether gold
deposits exist in Malei subdistrict.
Donggala mining and energy office head Tawakkal Muhammadong
said on Tuesday, a survey would be conducted as he had obtained
preliminary evidence recently that traces of gold had been
discovered in soil, in some parts of the subdistrict.
However, the planned survey soon drew protests from
environmental activists in the province. Nasution Camang,
director of the White and Red Foundation, said he would organize
mass protests if the administration proceeded with its plan to
commence gold mining in the subdistrict. -- JP