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View all search resultsProduction resumes at Central Sulawesi nickel smelter after deadly labor clashes
Operations were suspended due to a protest and riot at the weekend in which two workers were killed.
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roduction at a nickel smelter owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry resumed on Tuesday, Central Sulawesi Police said, after operations were suspended due to a protest and riot at the weekend in which two workers were killed.
An Indonesian and a Chinese worker died, while vehicles and dormitories were torched during the clashes at the PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) smelter, a unit of Jiangsu Delong, which involved protesters, workers and security guards.
"The situation at GNI in North Morowali is relatively conducive and the company today has restarted operation," Central Sulawesi Police spokesperson Didik Supranoto said in a statement.
"Hundreds of employees have arrived at the site," he added, sharing a video showing workers wearing gray uniforms and yellow helmets arriving on motorcycles while police officers guarded the entrance into the facility.
GNI could not be reached for comment. In a statement on Monday, it said it was working with police to investigate the cause of the clashes.
National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo on Monday said over 500 police and military personnel had been deployed to secure the nickel-smelting facility, and more would be sent.
Police are still looking deeper into the incident, Listyo added, saying that at least 71 people had been arrested so far, 17 of whom have been named as vandalism suspects.
