Following...research by Amnesty International which found evidence of police violence and forced evictions of people living near the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold Corporation... now accepts that people were living in permanent houses near the Porgera mine and were affected by the police actions...[A]t least 130 buildings...were destroyed by police in Wuangima and Kulapi villages...Barrick and Porgera Joint Venture ...[said] they made enquiries about the police activity and...[and] that they would be willing to urge relevant Papua New Guinea authorities to undertake an impartial investigation... Barrick...believe[s] that enquiries are also needed into whether some local landowners consented...Amnesty...notes that such consent would not prevent the evictions from being....in violation of human rights.