Villagers to file legal suit against Lanna Harita
Thursday, November 15 2001 - 02:14 AM WIB
Around 22 villagers of the Sungai Siring area in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, will file a legal suit against coal mining firm PT Lanna Harita Indonesia (LHI) over land dispute, according to the local Kaltim Post daily.
The paper reported on Thursday that the villagers, grouped in a cooperatives, had appointed Idrus Asruni as their lawyer, and the legal suit will be filed at the Samarinda court on Thursday.
The villagers have demanded LHI to stop mining activity in a 60 ha plot of land in the Sungai Siring area until the ownership problem had been settled. The villagers have claimed the land.
LHI is a joint venture company with 55 percent ownership controlled by Thailand?s Lanna Lignite, 35 percent Harita Group, and the remainder 10 percent owned by Pan United of Singapore.(*)