US congressman Eni Faleomavaega

The US congressman was tightly guarded by local security personnel and journalists were not allowed to enter the Sheraton Hotel where the congressman checked in.

Mimika Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Godhelp Mansnembra said the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry was coordinating US Congressman`s visit.

Faleomavaega left for Biak and later for Manokwari on Tuesday to hold a meeting with West Papua Province Governor Abraham Octavianus Atururi.

On Tuesday afternoon, the foreign affairs ministry would coordinate a press conference in Timika. After the press conference, Faleomavaega was scheduled to have a close look at PT Freeport Indonesia`s mining area in Tembagapura.