Three year sentence asked for Indonesia Newmont boss (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Three year sentence asked for Indonesia Newmont boss
10 Nov 2006 11:45:48 GMT
Source: Reuters

MANADO, Indonesia, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked on Friday
for a three-year jail sentence for the president director of an
Indonesian unit of U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp., on trial over
pollution charges in a controversial case.

Environmentalists see it as a test of whether Indonesia is serious
about tackling pollution, while some business groups say the charges
are unjustified and the action will scare off foreign investors.

Chief prosecutor Purwanta told the Manado district court in North
Sulawesi province that Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) had polluted
the environment and its president director, American Richard Ness,
did nothing to stop it.

The prosecutor also demanded the company be fined 1 billion rupiah
($110,000 dollars) and Ness pay 500 million rupiah or serve an
additional six months in prison.

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