Letter to the Editor: Panguna must pay out

Letter to the Editor: Panguna must pay out

AS a silent non-landowner of "blood washed" Panguna mine, we feel betrayed by the noise being made by the landowners, the Papua New Guinea Government, Rio Tinto Zinc and the ABG. This is over the lifting of the exploration moratorium on Bougainville or the re-opening of the Panguna mine. Thank you President Joseph Kabui for telling the PNG Government and RTZ not to dictate policies on any mining on Bougainville. We suggest the ABG develop a strategy with all parties and also plan to compensate the 20,000-plus lives lost as a result of the civil war before mining resumes. - John Amparoria, Arawa