[Kabar-Irian] News: March 7 - 11 2008

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KABAR IRIAN NEWS

March 7 -  11 2008

TOPICS

* Hercules plane crashes in Wamena, all passengers safe
*  Crew escape burning plane in Indonesia
* Kelowna retirees still work in Papua mission field
* Rare sea bird rediscovered off PNG
* RI navy nabs Hong Kong-flagged vessel in west Papua waters
* Kabupaten Yahukimo (Yahukimo Regency) Web site
* Papuans 'fed up' with special autonomy
* Papuan Women Protest Ineffective Anti-AIDS Fight
* Critical Audit Report on Freeport McMoran' Mining Operation in Papua
* ICCA report - FREEPORT-McMORAN COPPER & GOLD, INC.
* New Naval base in Bintuni Bay



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http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/3/6/hercules-plane-crashes-in-wamena-all-passengers-safe/

03/06/08 10:21
Hercules plane crashes in Wamena, all passengers safe


Wamena, Papua (ANTARA News) - All five passengers and crew members escaped
after a Hercules

cargo plane, operated by PT Manunggal Air, burst into flame on landing at
Wamena airport in Papua at

9.20 local time on Thursday morning, Wamena police chief Marolop Manik said.

Pilot Jarot, copilot Sumardwiyanto, mechanic Benny Harahap, and five
passengers of the ill-fated plane

leapt from the plane`s emergency exits to escape the inferno which reduced
the aircraft and its cargoes

to a smoldering wreck.

Marolop Manik said the plane, carrying logistic supplies and diesel oil,
flew into Wamena from Papua

capital of Jayapura.

The plane landed smoothly at Wamena airport at first but when it rolled
over the taxi way toward apron, a

loud explosion was heard inside and then it burst into flame.

The accident occurred when Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare
Aburizal Bakrie, Home Affairs

Minister Mardiyanto, and Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto were in
Wamena for a working visit. (*)

COPYRIGHT © 2008

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/06/wcrash106.xml

(Includes pictures)

 Crew escape burning plane in Indonesia

By Sarah Radford and agencies
Last Updated: 2:19pm GMT 06/03/2008

A Hercules cargo plane has burst into flames after touching down in a
remote province of Indonesia.
Plane crash, Papua, Indonesia

The C-160 caught fire while landing at Wamena airport in Papua.

All eight of the passengers and crew are reported to have escaped the
blaze unharmed.
Plane crash, Papua, Indonesia

Local police chief Marolop Manik said it was not clear what had caused the
accident.

The flight, operated by PT Manunggal Air, was arriving from the provincial
capital of Jayapura to deliver

food and diesel oil.
Plane crash, Papua, Indonesia

The plane landed smoothly but rolled off the runway.

A loud explosion was then heard seconds before the plane caught fire.
Plane crash, Papua, Indonesia

The three crew and five passengers were able to use the emergency exit to
escape the blaze without

injury.

Papua, in the western half of New Guinea island, is dominated by mountains
and thick jungle and relies

heavily on air traffic for transport in the absence of a substantial road
network.

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http://www.canadianchristianity.com/bc/bccn/0308/o05papua.html#articletop

Kelowna retirees still work in Papua mission field
Return to digital BC Christian News

By Dorothy Brotherton

THE Kelowna Daily Courier recently noted in its ‘50 Years Ago’ section
that in January 1958, a young

hometown man would go to Dutch New Guinea – believing he was called to a
lifetime of missionary work.

Fifty years later, almost to the day, David Martin left again from Kelowna
International Airport for the

same country – now called Papua. Although retired, Martin continues to do
several missions teaching

trips each year.

In 1958, the Courier quoted the 21 year old bachelor:  “I know it will be
worth it. It is the work God has

called me to do.”

He went to a tribe where many people had never seen a white man – some
living in Stone Age

conditions, and some cannibals.

“It is only the gospel of the Lord that can change these hearts,” Martin
declared.

On his first journey, he rode a bus to Kamloops, train to Vancouver, and
propeller flights to San

Francisco and Sidney, Australia. Smaller planes hopped him up the chain of
Indonesia islands.

Soon after his first visit, his fiancee Margy finished nurses’ training –
and the couple were married. She

had some idea of what she was getting into.

“Dave had written detailed letters, so I was not overwhelmed. I felt like
I’d come home,” she said of her

arrival.

The people they faced stood nearly naked, with greased hair and bones
through their noses. They

suffered from yaws, an ugly ulcerous condition. They worshipped evil
spirits, waged war against

neighbouring tribes regularly, and went nowhere without weapons.

The couple served with Regions Beyond Missionary Union, which later merged
into World Team. They

worked with the Dani tribe, about 100,000 isolated people.

The first outsiders who came to stay among the Danis were missionaries,
who arrived in 1957. The

Martins joined two couples already at work. The country’s name changed to
Irian Jaya in 1962 and later

became part of Indonesia.

“The Dani didn’t appreciate our clinic much. We got a few dozen people a
week,” remembers Dave. But

a yaws outbreak persuaded some to try the oil-based penicillin Margy
offered, and it worked like a

miracle. Clinic visitors jumped to more than 200 a day, and Dani began to
question age-old beliefs that

spirits caused disease.

Dave and Margy built a house on stilts with local studs, palm bark outside
and woven bamboo inside. A

Missionary Aviation Fellowship plane from 165 air miles away brought mail
and supplies every three

weeks. The clinic grew into a hospital. Literacy and agricultural programs
were well received.

The Dani lived in fear of spirits, enemies and especially death – but were
soon turning en masse to

Christianity. The key was found as Bible translators looked for a Dani
word to explain the concept of

eternal life.

The Dani told a story about a bird and a snake who had a race long ago.
The contest decided which

species would control humans. Pirikobit, a black bird with white patches,
won the race – because he

could fly much fast than Wabit the snake could slither.

“That’s why we die,” the Dani reasoned, “because we are like the bird. If
only Wabit had won, we’d be

like the snake who seasonally sheds his skin and comes out new. We’d have
nabalan-kabalan – eternal

life.’’

Translators seized on the word, and explained that true nabalan-kabalan is
found in Jesus Christ. The

Dani understood, and the missionaries had found their breakthrough.

Today, the Dani people number some 200,000 and have 176 churches – all led
by their own people.

Clinics and schools are self-governed. The Dani send missionaries to other
tribes.

Dave Martin explained that they have stayed true to their own culture,
with Christian concepts set to tribal

chants. The missionaries did not set out to change their style of dress;
but the government provided

clothing, and today most people wear it. The missionaries tried to
preserve the way the people cared for

one another, and welfare programs and orphanages were not needed.

“The gospel did destroy some parts of their culture,” said Martin.

“For example, once they burned a witch to death in her house. That sort of
thing stopped after the gospel

came. But largely the gospel fit their culture. The gospel wasn’t
originally Western anyway.”

In a recent teaching visit, Martin was greeted by several hundred people –
most with spears. They

lavished him with gifts – a rattan bracelet to aid in making fire, a fur
bracelet and a native headdress.

They regaled him with complaints against the government. Indonesia has
been a hotbed of unrest in

recent years, and even remote tribes have not escaped trouble. Agitation
to be free of the government is

strong, and bloody skirmishes break out frequently.

Martin listened to their frustration, while noticing how many were armed.
He noted that the weapons were

the kind used for war, not hunting.

He told them: “Remember Jesus said his kingdom is not of this world. Don’t
fight.”

But the words seemed to have little effect. Martin recalled the Dani are a
visual people, who value

symbolism.

He grabbed an arrow from a man standing nearby and broke it over his knee,
then again – so he had

four pieces. He held them over his head so all could see.

“We are not to fight,” he called into the tense silence.

A tribesman asked for the pieces, saying he would take them to other
villages and pass on the message

not to fight. The group relaxed and buzzed with murmurs of approval.

Later, one of the leaders told Martin: “We were on the edge of a cliff and
we almost fell over. God

brought you to us to stop us.”

Dave’s current visit is to the Danis in the Toli area. “We are going to
encourage the believers,” he says,

“and urge them to remain faithful to the Lord and his word – no matter
what the future may bring.”

As for Dave and Margy’s future: they plan to keep doing missionary work –
as long as God gives

strength.

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http://news.theage.com.au/rare-sea-bird-rediscovered-off-png/20080307-1xns.html

Rare sea bird rediscovered off PNG

March 6, 2008 - 11:41PM


A rare sea bird not sighted since the 1920s and feared extinct has been
rediscovered by a British

expedition in waters off Papua New Guinea.

The critically endangered Beck's petrel was re-discovered in the Bismarck
Archipelago, in the south-west

Pacific Ocean, north-east of Papua New Guinea.

The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club this week published a
paper about the expedition by its

leader, Israeli ornithologist and writer Hadoram Shirihai.

Until Mr Shirihai's voyage in July and August last year, there were only
two known specimens of the bird

in the world, collected in 1928 and 1929 and held by the American Museum
of Natural History in New

York.

Nick Askew, spokesman for the British-based bird conservation society
Birdlife International, hailed the

discovery as "incredibly important".

"The voyage was specifically organised to look after the bird," Mr Askew
told AAP.

"(Mr Shirihai) was in the area four years earlier, in 2003, looking for
other birds and he thought he

sighted the Beck's petrel.

"He then organised this extra voyage in 2007 to find the species, which
was so successful.

Mr Shirihai photographed more than 30 individual Beck's petrels on the
voyage, Mr Askew said.

He also observed young juveniles in flight, which indicated the birds were
breeding nearby, and

recovered a dead Beck's petrel from the sea - now only the third
museum-held specimen.

"It's fantastic, and it just goes to show his efforts were more than
worthwhile," Mr Askew said.

"We hadn't written the bird off. It's been classified as critically
endangered, which is just one step off

extinction, but this new sighting confirms the bird is still around, which
is fantastic news.

"It means we can now start focusing conservation efforts to try to save
the species."

Little is known of the Beck's petrel because of its scarcity and remote
location.

The Beck's petrel is a sea bird that may be nocturnal and is thought to
breed in the Bismarck

Archipelago, in an area of circular, mountainous islands.

Mr Askew said the bird probably nests in burrows on the islands.

Many of the petrels were discovered off the southern tip of New Ireland.

It is not known why the bird is so rare.

Mr Shirihai hired a ship locally, the FeBrina, and lured the birds by
laying out pieces of fish.

Efforts would now turn to preserving the species, Mr Askew said.

"Now it's been rediscovered. Now we need to do some further survey work
looking for the bird and trying

to learn more about it.

"We haven't actually found any breeding grounds at present, although there
were young birds so they

must be breeding in the area somewhere."

A reported sighting of a single bird thought to be a Beck's petrel by an
expedition in Australian waters in

the Coral Sea in 2006 was rejected by the Australian Rare Birds Committee.

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http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/3/6/ri-navy-nabs-hong-kong-flagged-vessel-in-west-papua-waters/

03/06/08 18:57
RI navy nabs Hong Kong-flagged vessel in west Papua waters


Wamena, Papua, March 6 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian naval patrol boat
intercepted and detained a Hong

Kong-flagged vessel, the MV Jin Feng, which was believed to be trying to
take a quantity of newly-mined

nickel out of West Papua waters on Wednesday.

The chief of the Eastern Maritime Security Task Force Command (Koarmatim),
Commodore Sugeng

Supriyanto, confirmed the detention of the foreign vessel, saying it was
trying to leave West Papua

waters with tons of nickel in its hold. "But I have yet to receive more
detailed information on the action,"

he added.

He said Koarmatim had been stepping up its patrols in West Papua waters
for the past few weeks and

one of its patrol boats on Wednesday encountered the MV Jin Fweng which
also proved to lack the

required documents to enter Indonesian waters.

A few hours later on the same day, another Koamartim patrol boat
apprehended a foreign tugboat and

barge that had entered West Papua waters illegally, he said. (*)

COPYRIGHT © 2008

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Kabupaten Yahukimo (Yahukimo Regency)

www.yahukimokab.go.id

thanks

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/03/08/papuans-039fed-up039-with-special-autonomy.html


Monday, March 10, 2008  4:09 AM

Papuans 'fed up' with special autonomy

Nethy Dharma Somba ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Jayapura   |  Sat, 03/08/2008
6:19 PM  |  The Archipelago

Growing demands for a self-determination referendum show the Papuan people
are fed up with

corruption caused by the province's "special autonomy" status, an academic
and informal leader said.

Muhammad Musa'ad, a legal expert from Cenderawasih University, said most
Papuan people believed

special autonomy had not addressed fundamental problems in the province.

"Seven years after special autonomy, no significant changes have been made
and even worse, the living

standards of Papuan people have fallen to the lowest level, with most
being denied access to health,

education and employment," he told The Jakarta Post here on Thursday.

Musa'ad, who is a member of the assistance team for special autonomy, said
Papuans had been

supportive of the law when it was launched in 2001.

"But, seven years into its implementation, their hope of affordable
houses, free schooling and healthcare

with more hospitals has not been made a reality," Musa'ad said.

"In reality, Papua is in a paradoxical situation. The province has a huge
sum of special autonomy funds

but most people are getting poorer. Most can no longer afford education
and health service and

medicine," he said. His comments echo those of Governor Bas Suebu, who
addressed local officials

during a recent work meeting attended by Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Calling for local wisdom rather than Jakarta's policy, Kalla asked local
governments to spend the

province's surplus of Rp 21 trillion (US$2 billion) to finance development
programs.

The resource-rich province has brought in Rp 21 trillion for Papua and Rp
8 trillion for West Papua this

fiscal year, a significant increase from past years, Rp 3.6 trillion in
2006, Rp 2.7 trillion in 2005, Rp 2.45

trillion in 2004, Rp 2.43 trillion in 2003, Rp 2.04 trillion in 2002 and
Rp 590 billion in 2001.

Jayapura has been shaken recently by waves of student demonstrations
demanding the province

abandon special autonomy, dissolve the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) and
hold a referendum to

determine the province's future.

Deputy chairman of the Papuan Tribal Council (DAP) Fadal Alhamid accused
the government of viewing

special autonomy as a money-making exercise.

The funds allocated after the 2001 special autonomy law was introduced has
mostly gone into local

officials' pockets and the bureaucracy, with only a small portion being
used to build infrastructure, Fadal

said.

"This has been demonstrated by officials who frequently go out of the
province and have luxury houses

and cars," he said.

Fadal said the dispute over the formation of West Papua province remained
a conflict between the two

provincial governments in Papua and had nothing to do with the people.

"The formation of many more provinces in Papua will not create change
unless elite locals work harder

and the development program is oriented to the poor, the sick and the
uneducated," he said.

Musa'ad and Alhamid agreed both Jakarta and the local government should
reconcile with the Papuan

people to gain their confidence, and suspend the planned formation of four
new provinces.

Both called for a revision of the current policy while respecting the
rights of the Papuan people.

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Papuan Women Protest Ineffective Anti-AIDS Fight

Nethy Dharma Somba The Jakarta Post/Jayapura



A women's alliance has called the campaign against HIV/AIDS infection in
Papua ineffective, citing the steep rise in cases in the last several
years.

A number of Papuan women of the Women's Challenge Alliance held a
demonstration to observe World Women's Day in Abepura on Saturday.

"We are disappointed with the current ineffective handling of HIV/AIDS
infection in Papua ... which has spent too much money (on education and
campaigns) while not providing care, support and treatment," said Fauzia
Hayati Raharawin who coordinated the demonstration.

She'said the efforts needed immediate review because more and more
people had been infected and those with HIV/AIDS had received
discriminatory treatment from medical workers.

"Anti-AIDS pamphlets and banners are found almost in all public places.
Seminars and workshops are held and the information campaign has also
been intensive in local media but the number of people with HIV/AIDS
continues to increase," she said.

There are currently 90,000130,000 people with HIV/AIDS in the province,
a drastic increase from 4,500 cases in September 2004.

Fauzia condemned the discriminative treatment of people with HIV/AIDS,
saying many health workers had rejected treating them.

The demonstration ended after protesters placed a flower wreath on a
tomb in a public cemetery, saying it was to express their condolences
for the death of the local AIDS prevention committee (KPAD), which they
said had spent so much money making pamphlets, leaflets and banners and
holding workshops.

The committee held the Papua Condom Biweek (PKP) 2008 throughout the
province last month to combat the sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases.

The campaign, from Feb. 2 to 16, aimed to provide HIV/AIDS education and
called on people to practice safe sex.

"The program was conducted with film presentations and public discussion
at Sentani Airport, Phraa market and Sentani terminal as well as on a
PT. Pelni ship which sailed to certain areas," Dewi Wulandari,
spokesperson for KPA Papua, said Friday.

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Audit Report on Freeport McMoran' Mining Operation in Papua

Date: December 4, 2007

NEW  YORK,  December 3, 2007, 2007-- In a public report on corporate
social responsibility  that  is

unique in the mining industry, the New York-based International  Center 
for  Corporate  Accountability

(ICCA), a non-profit monitoring  group,  today  released  audit  results 
of its second round of intensive

examination of Freeport McMoRan's mining operations in Indonesia (PTFI).
The ICCA reports were

commissioned by Freeport [NYSE: FCX].

The  audit  process  was  designed  by  ICCA  to  evaluate Freeport's
performance   in   the   areas  of

human  rights,  hiring  and  employment opportunities for the Papuan
people, and social and economic

development of the  Papuan community.  Freeport's commitments to these
areas are described in  detail

in  the company's Guiding Principles of Operations in Indonesia and  its 
Social,  Employment  and

Human Rights Policy (SEHR), developed in close conjunction with ICCA.

After  granting  ICCA permission to observe its Indonesian operations for
a historic first audit in 2004,

the follow-up visit, which was aimed to track Freeport's response to the
first-round recommendations,

took place in August  2006.   A  full-scale  Phase II Audit was conducted
in November and December

2006.  The primary focus of the Phase II Audit was twofold: a)    to
review the operations of privatized

companies that provide dedicated services to PTFI is such areas as
catering, housing and hospitality

services, mining equipment, drilling, port services, road maintenance,
truck and bus maintenance and a

labor supplier owned and operated by Papuans; and, b)    to examine the
adequacy of public health and

medical services provided to the Papuan community with financial and
technical support by PTFI.

ICCA  has  completed its Phase I follow-up and Phase II audits.  ICCA
found  that  PTFI has done much

to improve its corporate social performance and  to  aid the development
of the local communities.

Equally, ICCA found that there are areas in which PTFI has work to do to
fulfill its commitment to

workers-Papuan  and  non-Papuan Indonesians-and  to PTFI's SEHR and to
Indonesian  labor  law.

ICCA has spent much time and money to confirm its findings with regard
Indonesian labor law and

practice.  ICCA stands by its findings in this matter.

Freeport  has  responded  to  the ICCA report and the response is
included, unedited,  with  the  ICCA

audit report.  In reviewing Freeport's response, ICCA  believes  that 
Freeport has exaggerated its

achievements and glossed over its lack of implementation in other areas,
most notably in the case of

hiring  and payment of wages to contract (temporary) workers. Freeport has
challenged  some  of

ICCA's findings as to fact and legal interpretation of the conditions
applicable to this issue.

ICCA  unequivocally  stands  behind  its  report  and its findings of
conduct  which violates both

Freeport's SEHR policies as well as Indonesian employment  laws.   ICCA 
also firmly believes that its

recommendations for corrective  action  are  both  reasonable and fair to
all parties involved. ICCA

believes  that Freeport has responded with vague statements of making
continuous  efforts  toward

improvement, which are not subject to further investigation  and 
compliance verification. ICCA  has

neither  the resources  nor  the  intent
to engage in long-drawn debate with Freeport. Instead  it  has provided
both reports in the court of public

opinion which would  ultimately render its judgment.  ICCA has informed
Freeport that the submission of

this audit would end its relationship with Freeport.


Phase I Follow-up Audit Findings

The  audit  team  found  that  in  general PTFI responded rapidly and
effectively  to  most  of  the

recommendations from the Phase I Audit. This included  enhanced  training 
programs  for  all

employees in prevention of human  rights  violations,  the  end  of  the 
practice  of PTFI's security

personnel driving vehicles for the Indonesian police and military,
training for Papuans  in the PTFI

workforce and reforms within the Education Bureau of the Freeport-financed
community outreach

program. Freeport's commitment to Papuan employment through positive
hiring practices, on-the-job

training and special remedial education was found to be strong.  However,
ICCA urged Freeport to

remain committed to the advancement of Papuans who already work for 
Freeport  and  to  assure that

non-staff Papuans have opportunity to become staff employees and managers.

The  Phase  I  Follow-up  Audit  also revealed that there are still a
substantial  number of temporary

contract workers that continue to work for Freeport  doing  work  that is
the same or similar to work done

by Freeport employees  for  compensation that is below that paid to
Freeport employees. In  addition,

although  Freeport  has  substantially lowered the number of temporary
contract workers who have been

employed for more than three years (the  maximum  length  of  temporary
contract labor permitted by

Indonesian labor law), at the time of the follow-up audit there were still
300 workers in  that  category.

Freeport has established programs to evaluate the jobs done  by  temporary
contract workers and to

determine which of the contract workers  were qualified to join the
Freeport workforce.   However, ICCA

has recommended that Freeport re-double its efforts to end the use of
temporary workers  except  where

the practice is specifically permitted by Indonesian law.

Phase II Audit Findings

ICCA  evaluated  the  medical  programs  for the benefit of the local
Papuan   communities  that  are

supported  financially  and  with  medical personnel   and   expertise  by
 Freeport.   Freeport  has  no

contractual responsibility to provide medical care to local communities.
Nevertheless, Freeport  has

provided  more that $100 million for the medical care of the Papuan 
people  over  the  past  ten years.

ICCA found that in health care programs (centered on two hospitals) and
the public health initiatives were

well  designed,  staffed by committed medical professionals and
competently run.   ICCA recommends,

however, that resources be moved from curative care to   primary   and 
preventative  public  health

education  and  wellness initiatives.   ICCA believes  that such a change
of focus will benefit the local

communities and will allow the proceeds of the Freeport Partnership Fund
to be used more effectively.

The  second  area  that  ICCA  audited was the companies that provide
services  to  Freeport.  Freeport

calls these firms 'privatized companies.' ICCA found that these companies
were less knowledgeable

about and committed to  Freeport's  Social,  Employment  and  Human 
Rights Policy  than  were

Freeport's management and employees.  This was apparent in responses of
the privatized  companies'

management  and employees' to questions about human rights  training, 
human  rights reporting,

Papuan employment and community social  and economic development.  ICCA
has urged Freeport to

take positive steps  to  support  privatized  companies  in becoming  full
supporters of Freeport's Social,

Eemployment and Human Rights Policy.

ICCA  also  found that the privatized companies, in much the same way as 
Freeport,  were  using

temporary contract labor workers for periods in excess  of  three  years, 
the maximum period permitted

by Indonesian labor law.  In addition, some temporary contract labor
workers reported that they did the

same or similar work to regular privatized company employees but at a 
reduced  rate of pay.  ICCA

believes this is also contrary to Indonesian labor  law.   and  Freeport's
 Social,  Employment and Human

Rights Policy. ICCA  has  made  recommendations  to the privatized
companies about ways to rectify

this labor situation.

For Further Information:
A complete copy of the ICCA report and Freeport's response can be viewed
on ICCA's Web site at www.ICCA-corporateaccountability.org.

ICCA Phase II Audit Report:
http://www.icca-corporateaccountability.org/PDFs/CombinedAuditReport120307.pdf
Management Response:
http://www.icca-corporateaccountability.org/PDFs/ICCAResponse_Phase1_2.pdf
Management Response (Executive Summary):
http://www.icca-corporateaccountability.org/PDFs/ICCAResponse_execsumm.pdf

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http://www.icca-corporateaccountability.org/04_reports.php?sp_rep=1

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Last Updated: March 25, 2004
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affiliate, P.T. Freeport

Indonesia (PT-FI). Operates the world's largest gold mine and one of the
largest copper mines in Papua

(Irian Jaya), Indonesia. PT-FI is the largest single taxpayer in Indonesia.

In February 2003, Freeport announced a set of Guiding Principles for
Indonesian Operations (GPIO-1) -

People and the Community. These Guiding Principles are intended to codify
Freeport's Social,

Employment, and Human Rights Policy by enumerating practices and
operational standards in Papua in

the areas of social and economic development of the indigenous people of
Papua (Irian Jaya). The

guiding principles, GPIO-1, address how Freeport's polices and operational
practices are intended to

impact employment, business-government relations, protection of human
rights, and economic and social

development of the local tribes in the area of operations.

As part of its commitment, Freeport has contracted with the International
Center for Corporate

Accountability, Inc. (ICCA) to assess the extent of compliance with the
Principles by Freeport and its

affiliated organizations on a regular basis and to afford these audits
maximum transparency and public

credibility. Freeport will provide the independent monitoring organization
with complete access to all

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· 2005 Freeport - Audit Report Executive Summary (Bahasa)
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From: "(:!:)" <p3_8980 at koteka.net>
To: tapol at gn.apc.org, reg.westpapua-admin at lists.riseup.net
Subject: New Naval base in Bintuni Bay to squeeze as much protection money
from BP as possible
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:21:03 +0000


Monday, 10 March 2008

In accordance with standard Indonesian military practice of squeezing as
much protection money from foreign mining and corporate interests
operating in Papua (from non-existant local threat), we have received
information from a local human rights NGO that construction is underway
for a new naval base in Bintuni Bay.

The new base will be called Naval Base of the Republic of Indonesia -
Eastern Zone - Naval Operation Base in Bintuni Bay, Hadi Kemon Street,
No 4, Bintuni.

The base covers an area of more than one hectare and is located about
three kilometres from the town of Bintuni. The project includes a number
of houses which have been under construction since 2004. The source of
funding for this construction is not yet clear, perhaps either from the
national and provincial budget.

The Eastern Indonesia Navy Chief very much looks forward to completion
of said naval base facilities so that a happy cozy relationship in
keeping with accepted Indonesian military-standard business practice may
progress.

http://www.koteka.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=201&Itemid=32

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