Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said it will ask the West Sumbawa regency administration to fight in court mining giant PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara's plan to extend its waste dumping permit. Walhi, which has already sued the mining company over the same matter.

"We'll be together with the West Sumbawa administration in the next hearing session," Walhi campaign manager Pius Ginting said Friday as quoted by Kompas.com.

He said that the West Sumbawa regency administration shared its concerns about dumping, as evinced by its regent's disapproval of the plan to extend the waste dumping permit.

He further said that the regent had sent a letter of protest to the Environment Ministry due to the latter's agreement to issue the extension permit.