Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 38 - April 1997Back to list of articles in this issue

Bougainville Update

While we were demonstrating against the murdering butchers Sand Lion International (London based), held by Julius Chan, President of the Papua New Guinean government, little did we know that general Fingrrok head of the Papua New Guinea armed forces would create a constitutional crisis which would not only bring about Chan's resignation but would give the Bougainvillians something to smile about.

People power, thousand in the streets demonstrated in support of general Fing action in disarming the mercenaries putting them under house arrest and sending them packing. Colonel Tim Spicer, head of Sand Lion Int got arrested for gun offences. In the following enquiry they admitted offering their services if they were made part owner of the mine of Bougainville. Sinister exhaltations and the fact that companies more and more start having corporate mercenaries, which wipe out as executive outcome, like in Sierra Leon and Angola, indigenous protest.

This week the Australian government impounded a Russian plane which had on board three air attack helicopters, fuel air burst bombs missiles and 5 00 cases of ammunition due for delivery to Sand Lion International.

Bougainvillians first voted to secede from P.N.G. in 1995 and six year ago declared independence. These people involved in probably the first environmental war with hundred thousand of them in concentration camps, need our help.

They're against the evilest earth destroyers we have ever seen, RTZ/CRA executives helped by Sand Lion and the P.N.G. armed forces. See news in brief for contact and RTZ AGM. Hands on help and donations needed.