PT Newmont Minahasa Raya President Director Richard Bruce Ness could not contain his joy when South Jakarta District Court judicial panel head Sudarto delivered the courts verdict over his case last week. This is a fair verdict, Ness said, shaking hands with his colleagues.

Chaired by Justice Sudarto, the judicial panel presiding over the case declared that the court was not authorized to adjudicate the case. Newmont was facing a lawsuit filed by