Five expatriate employees of SL Mining, a subsidiary of London-based Gerald International, were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of instigating unrest, the mining company said in a statement Saturday.
The five, members of senior management who are from South Africa, Great Britain, the US and India, are suspected of triggering violence that led to the destruction of property in the township of Lunsar on April 30, according to the statement. No formal charges have been filed.