Welcome Guest   |  Login   |   Signup
JG Logo
Fri, May 25, 2012
Archive Search

Freeport Link to Latest Anti-Mine Violence in Indonesia
Jakarta Globe | December 27, 2011

A man who was seriously wounded during an anti-mining protest that turned deadly in Sape, West Nusa Tenggara, is taken for medical care on Saturday. (Antara Photo) A man who was seriously wounded during an anti-mining protest that turned deadly in Sape, West Nusa Tenggara, is taken for medical care on Saturday. (Antara Photo)
Share This Page
8
13
0
4
Share with google+ :


Post a comment
Please login to post comment

Comments

nonredneck
6:14pm Dec 27, 2011

Good analysis, quite possible SBD. After hundreds of years, the population is still largely prone to manipulations, without proof we can't assume...but still possible.

blightyboy
4:49pm Dec 27, 2011

RuleBritannia - Yep! Pretty much sums it up. No better treatment than for a dead dog.

Serigala-Berbulu-Domba
4:28pm Dec 27, 2011

Hmm..what is the point of this headline - none that I can see.

It would be interesting to understand what the point of this protest action involves. This is one of the companies whose contracted drilling rigs were set on fire earlier in the year, which would indicate that a mine development, if ever, is a long way off. One therefor can but wonder whether this is a local issue fanned up for political reasons, someone is trying to extort money, another party is interested in taking over this mining concession area etc.

Time for some real investigative journalism rather than surface level reporting.

RuleBritannia
2:30pm Dec 27, 2011

A picture is worth a thousand words. Paramedics treat a man seriously injured in the protest and after stabilising him, carefully place him in an ambulance for transportation to hospital. The dark ages are still all around us.

  • Previous
  • 1
  • Next

The Australian government has confirmed that it is aware of the shooting deaths of two Indonesians during a protest against the exploration activities of an Australian resources company on Sumbawa island over the weekend.

“The Australian Government is always concerned to see loss of life and injury,” said a spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in a statement obtained by the Jakarta Globe. “We note that Indonesian authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident.”

At least two people were killed at Sape port in West Nusa Tenggara on Christmas Eve during a protest opposing the opening of a local gold mine project between an Indonesian company and an Australian company with ties to Freeport.

Australia’s Arc Exploration and Indonesia’s Sumber Mineral Nusantara were granted an exploration permit by officials to the outrage of locals who claim they fear the mine’s potential ecological damage and impact.

According to Arc Exploration’s Web site, a member of the board of directors is linked to Freeport Indonesia.

George Tahija, the president director of Arc Exploration in Indonesia, is also a commissioner of Freeport Indonesia, which operates the giant Grasberg Mine in Papua.

An Arc Exploration office in Jakarta could not be contacted on Tuesday.

The Australian Broadcasting Company stated that Arc Exploration reported the deaths to the stock exchange and a company spokesperson said shareholders would be informed of the incident after the Australian Securities Exchange re-opens following the holiday.

Protests in June had also delayed exploration.