Provincial Govt sends in armed police against customary landholders
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 28/10/2016 - 13:48Logging on New Hanover: "This is our customary land. Why would they do this to us?"
New Ireland Provincial Government has sent in armed police to defend illegal logging and road clearing operations on New Hanover island. Local people have been engaged in a long struggle to defend their land and reclaim what is rightfully theirs from the foreign logging companies.