Police investigate death of Indonesian critic who died during flight

Helmud Hontong, 58, had been a vocal critic of a gold mine project on Indonesia's remote Sangihe islands

Helmud Hontong, deputy regent of Indonesia's remote Sangihe islands, died during a flight last Wednesday. He then "lost consciousness and blood flowed from his mouth and nose" soon afterwards, Hermen Kontu told Reuters news agency.While authorities have said the suspected cause of death was a chronic illness and heart failure, police are carrying out additional investigations.two days after my BBC Indonesia reportI travelled to the remote jungle-covered island, near the Philippines border, to see what would be lost if the gold mine went ahead.

Mount Sahendaruman is included in the 42,000 hectares mining permit granted to the Mas Sangihe Mining Company . The island itself is only 73,000 hectares.Merah Johansyah from the Mining Advocacy Network fears the mining project has the potential to completely destroy the island.

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