BUYAT Bay has suddenly become hot news. “A tiny village of 244 people stirring up 240 million Indonesians,” commented a government official, shaking his head in awe. The village gained notoriety when reports emerged of pollution in Buyat Bay allegedly by the gold mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya.

Last week, the controversy reached a peak when the police named David Sompie, External Relations Manager of Newmont Minahasa Raya as a