Pontianak to stop illegal gold miners

Pontianak to stop illegal gold miners

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Landak Regent Cornelis threatened to deploy local gangs to help stop uncontrolled, illegal mining in Landak regency.

"If the gold miners refuse to stop their illegal conduct, I will send more local people to face them because their activities have deteriorated the environment and the forest area in the regency," he said here on Monday.

Local security authorities have also pledged to take strict measures against those who have protected the illegal miners," he said. --Antara