[nasional_list] [ppiindia] After Clashes, Indonesian Troops Guard Gold Mine

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After Clashes, Indonesian Troops Guard Gold Mine
By REUTERS

Published: February 25, 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 24 (Reuters) - Operations at the world's largest gold
mine, owned by the American company Freeport McMoRan, were suspended for a
third day on Friday after local residents clashed with security officers and
the police in the remote province of Papua, government officials said.

Operations had been suspended since Wednesday, a day after miners armed with
bows and arrows fought with security officers and the police.

On Friday, the government put the military in charge of security at the mine,
Grasberg, after three days of violence that erupted when security officers and
government officials tried to force out the miners, who then blocked access to
the site.

"The Freeport plant is still shut down this morning," said M. S. Marpaung,
deputy director of investment at the mines and energy ministry.

The mine also holds the world's third-largest copper reserves. Copper shipments
had not been affected, Mr. Marpaung said, but he was not sure how long stocks
would last.
The Freeport operation has been a source of controversy in Indonesia on issues
ranging from its treatment of the environment to the legality of payments to
Indonesian security forces who have guarded the facility.

The continued suspension of mining came a day after about 50 Papuan students
attacked a building housing Freeport's offices in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
The Papuans smashed windows in the lobby of the building and set fire to a
travel agency on the ground floor, but failed to reach Freeport's offices on
higher floors.

After The New York Times reported in December that from 1998 through 2004
Freeport paid nearly $20 million to individual military and police officers and
units in Papua, a number of Indonesian politicians called for investigations of
Freeport's payments and its environment practices. Freeport said the payments
were within American and Indonesian laws.
Mr. Marpaung said he had asked the regional government to negotiate with the
protesters to solve the problem.

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