"At least 12 illegal gold miners were killed in a landslide in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua while nine other people were missing and feared dead, police and local media reports said Tuesday.The accident took place late Monday when more than 20 locals were working...
"The four Australian military officials led by Colonel Raymond Presson Wednesday met Mimika District Military Commander Lt Col Trie Soeseno and Timika Military Air Base Commander Lt Col Bambang Triono.On Thursday morning, they would visit PT Freeport Indonesia`s gold and...
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Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) and Papua`s provincial government are to build a cement factory using the giant US-based copper and mining company`s tailings waste as feedstock, a PTFI spokesman said. The cement factory project would be carried...
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""Police will have to process them on the basis of the law prevailing in the country," he said through a phone interview.
Meanwhile, the Mimika District Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Godhelp C Mansnembra could not yet be reached.
However, the situation in Timika,...
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"Some 20 people gathered in Kwamki Baru at 6 a.m. local time on Saturday for the raising of the flag and then danced around a pole on which top the Morning Star flag was tied, Papua provincial police spokesman...
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"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...
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"Jakarta restricts access to Papua for journalists, diplomats and human rights organisations. The congressman was barred from visiting the area in July and held meetings with Indonesian officials and Papuan leaders in Jakarta instead.
After his visit in July, Faleomavaega...
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""We want the Papua governor, deputy governor and local officials to come here to solve the problem as we do not want the problem to continue," said Piet Nakitme who also demanded that Banti hamlet be abandoned.
Due to tribal wars, the local people stopped their activities to...
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"The police would not stop the investigation on the November-3 arsons and lootings following the death of Adjunct Commissioner Yance Ikomouw in Timika, capital of Mimika district, Papua province, the local police chief has said.
"We will continue the investigation as it is a...
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"The tribal war which started Monday (Oct. 15) has so far killed three members of the Amungme and five of the Dani and Damal tribes, Yosias Lossu, head of Tembagapura Distric, said.
In their war, the tribesmen use traditional weapons such as bows and arrows, machetes and...
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Bandarlampung (ANTARA News) - The National Meteorological and Geophysics office (BMG) reported that three earthquakes shook Indonesia early Thursday, respectively in Timika (Papua Province), Tolitoli (Central Sulawesi), and Blitar (East Java).
At 3.02 am Western Indonesian...
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""The suspects are currently behind bars. Their cases will be investigated. They all were members of the Army`s Infantry Brigade in Timika," he said at the Presidential Office here.
But the military chief stopped...
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