The head of the Indonesian unit of Newmont Mining Corp. told a court on Thursday that prosecutors had failed to provide evidence supporting pollution charges against him. Richard Ness, president director of PT Newmont Minahasa Nusantara (NMR), which once operated a gold mine in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, faces charges over allegations the miner dumped toxic substances into a bay near its now defunct mine, making villagers sick. The company is also being prosecuted...In November, the prosecutor asked for a three-year jail term for Ness over allegations he failed to stop the firm from polluting the environment and demanded he pay 500 million rupiah ($54,950) or serve an additional six months in prison.