West Papua: Papua Tribe Asserts Right To Sue Mining Giant

West Papua: Papua Tribe Asserts Right To Sue Mining Giant Fidelis E Satriastanti, 2010   A Papuan tribe fighting over its customary rights to land in court against US mining giant Freeport McMoRan on Monday dismissed an intervention lawsuit filed by several clans in the tribe as invalid.   Papua’s Amungme tribe in March filed a lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court against the miner’s local unit, Freeport Indonesia, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Papua governor,...

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