2) Freeport Indonesia copper mine access to resume after clashes
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1) Police identify perpetrators of shooting incident in PT Freeport
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Timika, Papua (ANTARA News) - Head of Papua Regional Police, Inspector General Boy Rafli Amar, said that his side has identified the perpetrators of shooting against a vehicle belongs to PT Freeport Indonesia in Tembagapura District on last Thursday.
"We have identified the armed group. The police have checked the scene and investigated the case," Amar said here on Sunday.
According to Amar, the perpetrators owned firearms and presumed to be involved in several acts of terror.
The police have got data of the perpetrators and discovered that they are hiding in hilly areas around Mile 60 and Mile 68 and at Kali Kabur region.
The police will conduct further investigation relating to the detention of perpetrators, Amar said.
He added the vehicles of PT Freeport Indonesia can operate normally in the area of the scene.
The shooting incident which occurred at Mile 60 area on last Thursday has caused damage in a car belongs to PTFI and also injured a personnel of Mobile Brigade unit. (*)
"We have identified the armed group. The police have checked the scene and investigated the case," Amar said here on Sunday.
According to Amar, the perpetrators owned firearms and presumed to be involved in several acts of terror.
The police have got data of the perpetrators and discovered that they are hiding in hilly areas around Mile 60 and Mile 68 and at Kali Kabur region.
The police will conduct further investigation relating to the detention of perpetrators, Amar said.
He added the vehicles of PT Freeport Indonesia can operate normally in the area of the scene.
The shooting incident which occurred at Mile 60 area on last Thursday has caused damage in a car belongs to PTFI and also injured a personnel of Mobile Brigade unit. (*)
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2) Freeport Indonesia copper mine access to resume after clashes
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Papuanese earlier rallied against Freeport in Timika on March 20, 2017, halting production for about a week.PHOTO: AFP
TIMIKA, Indonesia (REUTERS) - Limited access to the giant Grasberg copper mine in eastern Indonesia is expected to resume on Monday (Aug 21), its operator said, after hundreds of former workers blockaded the site and clashed with police.
Trouble erupted at the mine, which is operated by the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc, during a demonstration over employment terms on Saturday afternoon.
Three former workers were injured after police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse the blockade, according to a union official representing the ex-workers.
Freeport said at least four contractors were also injured.
Buildings, vehicles and motorbikes belonging to the company and its employees were also torched in the incident in the province of Papua, Freeport said, and access to the world's second-largest copper mine was restricted due to safety concerns.
Freeport Indonesia spokesman Riza Pratama praised local authorities on Sunday for "restoring security control" but also continued to advise workers to avoid travelling to the area. “The Main Supply Route also has been cleared, and bus and cargo convoys will resume on a limited basis Monday," Pratama said in an emailed
Following export restrictions related to a permit dispute, Freeport Indonesia, which employs more than 32,000 staff and contractors, laid off about 3,000 workers earlier this year. This prompted a strike and high levels of absenteeism.
Freeport has denied that there is a "formal strike", and deemed that approximately 3,000 full-time and 1,000 contract employees who were absent had "voluntarily resigned", but could reapply for positions as contractors.
Arizona-based Freeport, the world's biggest publicly-traded copper miner, has repeatedly said it has acted on labour issues in accordance with Indonesian law and its labour contract.
Tensions around Grasberg could hamper Indonesia's efforts to calm Papua, where a low-level insurgency has simmered for decades. The mine is a major source of revenue for the local economy, but its social and environmental effects also remain sources of friction. "If indeed we won't be employed again, they must be clear about our rights (and) what we will receive," one former worker told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Tri Puspital, a union official representing the estimated 5,000 former workers involved in the near four-month dispute told Reuters his team had not yet made plans to demonstrate again. "We're still waiting."
IndustriALL Global Union, a federation of labour unions, has criticised Freeport's handling of the matter, saying it treated"fired" workers "inhumanely and with contempt", and urged the company to reinstate staff and contractors.
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