Police Investigate Illegal Gold Mining In Kapuas Hulu Use Cyanide

Illegal gold mines suspected of using chemicals in the form of cyanide in Bukit Hitam, Batu Tiga Village, Bunut Hulu District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, (ANTARA)

KAPUAS HULU - Kapuas Hulu Resort Police (Polres), West Kalimantan Province is investigating and investigating illegal gold mining in Bukit Hitam, Batu Tiga Village, Bunut Hulu District, which allegedly uses chemicals in the form of cyanide and mercury.

"Members have just returned from the field, today we will hold a case and will examine witnesses," said Kapuas Hulu Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Hendrawan, to ANTARA, in Putussibau Kapuas Hulu, quoted by ANTARA Monday, April 22.

Hendrawan explained that his party had secured a number of evidences used in the illegal gold mining activities.

In addition, police lines have been installed around the location as well as calls for a ban on illegal gold mining.

Separately, the Head of the Bunut Hulu Police, Police Inspector one (Iptu) Jaspian, explained that during a joint inspection with the joint team in the field, no gold mining activities were found, on Saturday (20/04) yesterday.

However, the joint team found 10 units of equipment gelondong machines used to rotate logs and 26 holes were also found that had been worked on at the location of Bukit Hitam, Batu Tiga Village, Bunut Hulu District.

In addition, the holes used for the immersion of stone products from gelondong have been closed or hoarded by workers using soil from the gelondong and for the gelondong engine they are no longer installed in the work area.

"When we arrived at the location there were no workers," he said.

Jaspian also said that he was going to the location from the Bunut Hulu Police Sector to Nanga Payang Village using a six-wheeled Dalmas Sat Sabhara Kapuas Hulu Police with a distance of approximately 1.5 hours.

Then, from Nanga Payang Village to Landau Kalou Hamlet, Batu Tiga Village, using a long boat for the river with a distance of about five hours.

Followed by walking to Bukit Hitam, Batu Tiga Village with a distance of approximately 12 hours round and round.

Jaspian appealed to the people of Bunut Hulu District not to carry out illegal gold mining activities.

"We have carried out socialization, appeals to the public," he said.