Papua New Guinea Government Changes The Law A Second Time To Meet Chinese Demands

Papua New Guinea Government Changes The Law A Second Time To Meet Chinese Demands   The government of Michael Somare has again changed the laws of Papua New Guinea to suit the demands of the Chinese government, owners of the Ramu nickel mine, and facilitate the dumping of 100 million tons of mine waste into the sea.   In making the changes to the Regulations under the Environment Act the government has breached a number of important legal principles and Constitutional rights and has therefore...

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