Police plan to hand the case [against Newmont] to prosecutors in North Sulawesi, the location of Newmont’s Minahasa Raya mine, a move that...equates to laying charges against a suspect...The case...hinges on claims that tailings from the Minahasa Raya mine caused chronic illness among villagers living in the area...Key evidence in the case is in dispute - independent experts from groups including the World Health Organisation argue there is little evidence of pollution in the bay...Newmont has claimed throughout that it has done nothing wrong.