Thousands of miners of Pidie District staged a protest refusing gold mining sites shut down by Aceh governor Zaini Abdullah, on Saturday (30/8). Traditional miners coming from Tangse, Mane, and Geumpang sub districts insisted that that their activities have nothing to do with recent fish deaths in several Aceh rivers. In addition, they demanded for Aceh governor to instead show the miners environmentally friendly mining and conduct a fair research on the case. Read full text on Baca selengkapnya di Atjehlink.