U.S. firm cleared of dumping toxins
From Times Wire Reports
An Indonesian court today acquitted a U.S. executive and his company, Newmont Mining Corp., of dumping dangerous levels of toxins into a bay and sickening villagers.
Richard Ness, 57, could have faced 10 years in jail and a $60,000 fine. The court said the waste rock from the now-defunct mine on Sulawesi island did not exceed government standards and there was “not enough evidence that people suffered from health problems.”
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