For several hours, villagers cowered in terror, fearing for their lives as the armed men subdued them and tore down the barricades the residents had built on the road to the gold mine nearby. Several trucks then carried out the precious ore.
For years, residents of six villages had opposed the gold mine operated by Tungkum Ltd., which they said contaminated their land and water, and sickened them with high levels of cyanide, arsenic and mercury.
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