Indigenous protestors take on Chinese company in land clearing blockade

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Land clearing work at the Kimberley's Yakka Munga cattle station has ground to a halt as native title holders blockade the road and refuse contractors entry to the site.

Aboriginal native title holders have staged a protest at a remote Kimberley cattle station, claiming the Chinese owners of the lease have destroyed their cultural sites in a major land-clearing operation.Protesters have gathered at a cattle station where the Chinese lease-holder is undertaking a land-clearing operation

Native title holders say the the clearing is being carried out without negotiation, in breach of their agreement with the companyThe small group of Nyikina people, who have shared rights to the area, are blockading the entrance to Yakka Munga station, south of Derby, preventing contractors from entering., Shanghai Zenith Investment Holding Pty Ltd.

The company has declined to comment, but WA's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is carrying out an investigation into the clearing.

 

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