[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Govt's plan to legalize TNI security business criticized

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:22:42 +0100
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Govt's plan to legalize TNI security business criticized 
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta


Activist groups united on Monday to oppose the government's plan to "legalize" 
the military's security business, in which private companies pay soldiers to 
protect their industries in conflict areas.

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono recently said the government was preparing a 
set of guidelines to regulate the relationship between the Indonesian Military 
and corporations in security affairs. 

Juwono's announcement comes after reports last month that U.S. mining 
subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia made direct payments to soldiers to secure its 
copper and gold mine in Timika, Papua. 

An alliance of NGOs said such guidelines would be against the Law on State 
Defense and the Law on the Indonesian Military (TNI), both which ban the 
military from receiving funds outside of the state budget. 

The alliance includes Propatria -- a group of defense and military analysts -- 
Indonesia Corruption Watch, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of 
Violence (Kontras) and other human rights groups -- Imparsial, Human Rights 
Watch and Infid -- along with the Forum for the Environment (Walhi). 

"Issuing guidelines will mean legalizing the military's income from 
corporations, making it less professional. It will also mean ... security 
authorities will end up working for corporations rather than carrying out their 
primary task of defending the state and protecting the people," Kontras 
spokesman Haris Azhar said. 

Chalid Muhammad of Walhi said the guidelines could also help legalize human 
rights abuses and environmental destruction at mining sites, particularly those 
in conflict-ridden areas. 

"If the government issues the guidelines, human rights abuses and environment 
destruction will continue and security personnel in the field will prioritize 
work in corporate security for money," he said. 

Harry Supartono, the coordinator of Propatria, said the NGOs would meet the 
House of Representatives Commission I on defense to seek political support for 
their opposition to the guidelines. 

He hailed a House working committee for its decision to investigate Freeport's 
transparency in its management of the environment, taxes and revenues. However, 
the probe should be expanded to investigate Freeport's security dealings, he 
said. 

State Minister for the Environment Rachmat Witoelar last week sent a team to 
Timika to probe allegations of environmental damage at Freeport's mining site.


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