I am writing to notify you of serious human rights abuses committed this week and last week at the Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea, and to request that you take immediate action to stop these abuses and investigate them and explain what happened. The PNG Police Mobil Squads have burnt down 150 houses on March 25, 2017 at around 5:30 am (PNG Time)... Upon receiving a call from one of the residents of the village, I...went to see what had happened... I personally interviewed [a] victim...[who] said that his younger sister and other two school aged girls were also gang-raped.... Some people have said that a total of eight young school aged girls were gang-raped and six young men were bashed up by the Police... I am still trying to investigate if these rapes are true or not... I went to one of the Policeman who was involved in the raid and had asked why they are forcefully burning down the local landowners’ houses and he said that it was Barrick who had ordered them... I am requesting to you stop these abuses. Since you are paying for the food and accommodation and fuel of the police, and they are guarding your gold, you have a responsibility.