SUHARSO Monoarfa at first was adamant there should be no mining activity in the vicinity of the nation’s new capital city in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. The Minister of National Development Planning told Tempo at his office on Tuesday, January 25, that only concessions for industrial plantation forestry and commercial rights forestry would be allowed in the region.

He was flabbergasted when we showed him data on mining concession