Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Indonesia · 2015–2016
Salim Kancil, who opposed sand mining in Lumajang, killed; two men get 20 years
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Salim Kancil, a local man who opposed a sand mine in Lumajang, Indonesia, was killed in September 2015. The village head and another man were each sentenced to 20 years in 2016, and his family said the 'mining mafia' was not exposed.
What?
A man who opposed a sand mine in Lumajang was killed; the village head and another man were each sentenced to 20 years. Republika
Where?
Lumajang, Indonesia. Republika
When?
Killed on 26 September 2015; sentences handed down in June 2016. Republika
Who?
Why?
Reported as linked to the victim's opposition to sand mining. Republika
How?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
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What happened
The record, in order.
Republika reported that a man who opposed a sand mine in Lumajang was killed on 26 September 2015.
Republika reported that the village head and another man were each sentenced to 20 years in June 2016; prosecutors had sought life imprisonment.
Republika reported that the family said the 'mining mafia' behind the mining was not exposed.
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Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: three police officers who took payments received only disciplinary penalties.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name the company or operator behind the sand mine.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Salim Kancil's murderers sentenced to 20 years in jailRepublika · 2016