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I<\/span>n a joint statement led by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the experts highlighted expulsions of local communities and destruction of houses, fields, water sources, cultural and religious sites, as the Indonesian Government and the country\u2019s Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) \u201cgroomed Mandalika to become a \u2018New Bali\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \u201cCredible sources have found that the local residents were subjected to threats and intimidations and forcibly evicted from their land without compensation. Despite these findings, the ITDC has not sought to pay compensation or settle the land disputes\u201d, the experts said.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n The Government\u2019s aim is to create an enormous tourism complex in Mandalika, which is situated in Lombok\u2019s impoverished West Nusa Tenggara Province, with a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit, parks, resorts and hotels, the experts added.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n To date, the project has attracted more than $1 billion in private investment and is being managed by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral financial institution.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n