Newmont Exec, Company Found Not Guilty (Indonesia) - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Newmont Exec, Company Found Not Guilty

Monday April 23, 11:34 pm ET
By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Writer

Newmont Executive and Company Found Not Guilty
in Indonesian Pollution Trial

MANADO, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian court on Tuesday
found a U.S. executive and his company, Newmont Mining Co.,
not guilty of polluting a bay and sickening villagers, a verdict
likely to cheer foreign investors and anger environmentalists.
Richard Ness, 57, faced a maximum 10 years in jail and a
$60,000 fine.

Presiding judge Ridwan Damanik told the Manado District Court
that evidence presented during the 20-month criminal trial
proved that waste rock dumped into the water by the Denver-
based company's now-defunct mine on Sulawesi island did not
exceed government standards.

"There also is not enough evidence that people suffered from
health problems," the judge said.

Link: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070423/indonesia_newmont_trial.html

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Source: Reuters

Newmont cleared in Indonesian pollution case
24 Apr 2007 03:12:30 GMT
Source: Reuters

MANADO, Indonesia, April 24 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court
has cleared the local unit of Newmont Mining Corp. and the
unit's American president of all charges in a high-profile
pollution trial, the chief judge said on Tuesday.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK17751.htm