1) Freeport’s AMDAL permit under scrutiny for excluding affected communities
News Desk - PT Freeport Indonesia
23 January 2024
Jayapura, Jubi – Menuel John Magal, the Director of the Amungme Indigenous Peoples Community Institution (LEMASA), has stated that in June 2023, they wrote a letter to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Directorate General of Forestry and Environmental Planning, and the Directorate of Prevention of Environmental Impact from Business and Activities in Jakarta. This correspondence is related to the new Environmental Impact Analysis (AMDAL) permit process for underground mining and the tailing of PT Freeport Indonesia, which needs to be put on hold due to the lack of involvement of affected residents, especially in the three valleys of Tsinga, Waa, and Arwanop.
Magal, speaking from his office in Timika on Saturday (20/1/2024), mentioned that the ministry has responded to their letter since their request is for the Environmental Impact Analysis (AMDAL) to be temporarily suspended, citing the absence of representation from the affected communities.
He added that during the AMDAL study process conducted by Freeport, community representatives were not engaged. The AMDAL team from Freeport that visited Jakarta twice was randomly selected and invited by Freeport’s management, and Magal emphasized that this team did not fully represent the indigenous landowners in the concession area.
Magal stated that under his leadership, LEMASA had received a mandate from the communities in the three valleys of Nemangkawi, namely Waa, Tsinga, and Arwanop, to facilitate meetings between the landowners, the government, and Freeport.
Magal further mentioned that LEMASA has also submitted a request to facilitate a triangular meeting between the Minister of Environment and Forestry, the Freeport management, and community representatives. Unfortunately, this request has not received a response, even though the Ministry of Forestry and Environment has acknowledged it.
He emphasized that in the extensive AMDAL document, there are narratives that demean the original residents of Timika or the owners of the gold mountain, and he insisted on a reevaluation of the AMDAL content. The agreement on what Freeport should do for the local community from 2024 to 2041 should be collectively agreed upon and included in the Freeport’s AMDAL document.
Katri Krisnati, the Vice President of Corporate Communications at PT Freeport Indonesia, did not provide a response regarding this matter as per LEMASA’s request when contacted by Jubi via WhatsApp.
Previously, during a gathering with journalists in Jayapura on December 20, 2023, Katri Krisnati refused to elaborate on AMDAL Freeport and only mentioned that Freeport is still using the AMDAL document issued by the Ministry of Environment in 1997.
Sources from Jakarta revealed that the technical team meeting on the AMDAL for underground mining and tailing of Freeport had taken place on Wednesday (17/1/2024), while the Freeport’s AMDAL commission meeting occurred two days later on Friday at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Jakarta. (*)
2) Joint TNI-Polri officers claim to have shot dead five members of TPNPB Intan Jaya
JUBI January 23, 2024 in Political, Legal and Security Affairs
Writer: Alexander Loen - Editor: Edho Sinaga
Jayapura, Jubi – A total of five members of the West Papua National Liberation Army or TPNPB in the Intan Jaya area, reportedly died in a firefight with joint TNI-Polri officers on Sunday (21/1/2024) and Tuesday (23/1/2024). The five people were respectively named Oni Kobagau, Grid Belau, Agustia, Ones and Melkias Maisani.
"Previously it was reported that three TPNPB members had died in a firefight, but after further investigation, it turned out that the number of victims killed had reached five people," said Head of Cartenz-2024 Peace Operations, Kombes Faizal Ramadhani in Jayapura City, Tuesday (23/1/2024 ).
According to Faizal, the TPNPB terror that security forces hope will happen again when the plane carrying Cartenz Peace Law Enforcement Task Force (Satgas) personnel will land in Intan Jaya, Papua.
"This morning at around 09.30 WP, the plane was shot at by TPNPB until the plane landed and after the plane landed, we received assistance from the TNI Yon 330/TD Perimeter Post. "It is suspected that the shots came from the direction of the Santo Misael Catholic Church, Bilogai," he said.
In this incident, security forces from the TNI Yonif 330/TD Perimeter Post immediately responded by firing back shots at the TPNPB group.
“Drone monitoring results show that one TPNPB member, named Melkias Maisani, was killed. "However, both the body and the firearm used were taken away by other colleagues," he said.
Head of the Cartenz-2024 Peace Public Relations Task Force, AKBP Bayu Suseno, said that his party would continue to work hard to deal with terror from the TPNPB group which continues to threaten security in the Intan Jaya area.
"The authorities continue to intensify efforts to handle the security situation in the area, while continuing to monitor developments and provide maximum protection to the local community," said Bayu.
Responding to what happened in Intan Jaya, Bayu also appealed to the local community to remain calm and not be provoked by misleading rumors that may come from unclear sources. (*)
3) Indonesia imas larim UN long go painim aut long West Papua
By Hilda Wayne Broadcast 12h ago
Ol lida long Europe na rijen ol ikolim Parliamentarians for West Papua ibin bung na askim gen Indonesia gavman imas oraitim United Nations long go long West Papua.
Indonesia ibin orait long larim wanpla UN High Komisinia for West Papua iken go long West Papua long mekim wanpla wok painim long ol human raits abius long hap tasol em sikspla yia nau em ibrukim displa agrimen blong em.
Hetman blong United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda istap long displa miting, na em itoktok wantaim Hilda Wayne long displa.
A meeting held today (22nd January 2024) at the European Parliament called for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently be allowed to investigate the human rights situation in occupied West Papua.
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