JAKARTA - The bad impact of mining activities in various regions of the country is being highlighted. This has made some residents start to speak up and move.
Likewise with residents of East Halmahera, North Maluku who feel they are victims on their own land. They are aggressively fighting for the environment where they live who are not well.
This is again caused by a company that is alleged to have damaged East Halmahera's nature with their mining activities.
Recently, news has emerged after being uploaded a video of natural damage that leads to PT Position. Especially since operating in 2024, there have been many complaints filed by local residents regarding mining activities ranging from natural damage, water pollution, to exploitation of customary land.
This is reinforced by the findings of an environmental monitoring team that found illegal land openings in February 2025, they were allegedly carried out without the approval of local residents, considering that the land being cultivated is customary land. From the findings, it was also found that natural damage was found due to dredging for nickel mines which resulted in the loss of fertile land there.
There were also reports from residents who said that during the protest efforts, residents were intercepted and forced to resign by armed forces. This is regretted by local residents who have been affected, lost their livelihoods, and fertile land which should be inherited to the next generation.
Responding to the issue of natural destruction which was widely discussed on social media content creators as well as comics, Gianluigi Christoikov admitted that he was furious. According to him, the people of East Halmahera only spoke about their environment that had been damaged.
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"They only speak out for the traditional land that has been polluted why they have to be detained," said Gianluigi when contacted by the media crew, Wednesday, July 23.
"It's strange today. The land was confiscated, nature was damaged, how come the residents were silenced," he continued.
In addition, by lifting the #PTPositionMerusakLangkungan movement, the community also explained the consequences of the negligence of PT Position and called on the government as the authority maker to intervene and take firm action against PT Position for the destruction of customary land in East Halmahera.
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