In Honiara, the headquarters of the Guadalcanal Provisional Government has been looted and burnt, as has the HT Furniture factory. Every window has been broken and all objects of value removed. The walls and roof of the dining room and kitchen are smeared with human faeces. The mine's warehouse has also been trashed, with piles of company documents lying in pools of grease and mud, and thousands of items have been smashed beyond repair. In the powerhouse, wiring has been torn from computers.
Children play in pools of spilt chemicals.
Gold Ridge's 40 vehicles have been commandeered by the IFM and are being driven around Guadalcanal by swaggering youths, many of them drunk. In Honiara, dozens of homes, including those of Australians, have been burgled. Despite written assurances by the MEF that the property would be returned, it has not. About 100 vehicles have been shipped from Honiara to the Malaitan capital, Auki. The police, who largely supported the June coup, say they are powerless to act.