Hundreds of residents from villages across West Sulawesi staged a protest in front of the provincial governor’s office on Monday, May 6, 2025, calling for a moratorium on mining permits, the revocation of extractive industry licenses, and the halt of all ongoing mining operations threatening their environment and livelihoods.
The demonstration drew villagers from Karossa, Dapurang, Budong-Budong, Kalukku Barat, and Beru-Beru, who expressed anger over rapid expansion of sand mining projects allegedly intended to supply materials for the construction of the new national capital (IKN) in East…