Video documents forced evictions at Ramu mine

John and Peter Kepma are brothers from Vienivi village in the Kurumbukari mine site, in Madang Papua New Guinea. Their village sits on arguably, the one of the richest nickel deposits in the Southern hemisphere. The Chinese state owned developer   MCC, demanded that they leave their village but the clansmen said a permanent site had to be made available and they had to be compensated before they let go of their ancestral land. Since the beginning of 2009 they resisted company and police intimidation.  Last year, some of their fellow clan members were forced  off their land by police and  MCC. Peter, John and their immediate family members maintained their stand. They remained on their village site while the rest of their clan members moved to a temporary  relocation site. But in September, 2010, Police and  company workers finally tore down their homes  and leveled the place with heavy machinery. As police and company officials demolished what was left of their village, members of the clan took pictures and documented in detail, what was said and done. They want this information to go public even after being told “not to go to the media” by a chinese  company official.