Had a friend who was a foreman at the Porgera Mine in Papua. Lived in Queensland. 30 days in, 10 days out. Said the compound was guarded 24/7 and he said it was very dangerous at the time.
It seemed to me that the people who worked in the mines were more or less slave labor. They lived within the compound with their families.
I do not understand these kinds of evil. Working there changed him tremendously. He drank very heavily, and became very mean and surly. Finally stopped communicating altogether.
International Betrayal of Papuans
Indonesian correspondent for the Seoul Times, John M. Gorrindo in late September filed a comprehensive report which focuses on the historical plight of the Papuan people. He concludes the first part of his two-part analysis with the following regarding the “Act of Free Choice,” the indisputably fraudulent electoral process which facilitated Jakarta’s annexation of West Papua: “In the ‘Act of Free Choice,’ the international community had betrayed the only opportunity Papua has yet to have in becoming an independent state. Not a single nation protested the sham elections. Nor did the UN. And to have the greatest democratic force in the world, the United States, be the determinate factor behind the betrayal fully exacerbated the treachery. Realpolitik had determined the victor and the vanquished.” The full article can be found at http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8849.
Photographic Evidence of Civilian Casualties in Continuing TNI Sweeps
Australian human rights activist Nick Chesterfield placed online new evidence of the human cost of Indonesian military sweeps in the Puncak Jaya region, reported in recent editions of the West Papua Report. Chesterfield notes that the photographs reveal the brutal extrajudicial murder of civilians in Mulia, Puncak Jaya regency during a sweep by a joint Indonesian military (TNI) and BRIMOB police patrol. He elaborated that the bodies of victims were deliberately mutilated, burnt and hidden to prevent identification. The full set of 12 distressing photos can be downloaded at http://rapidshare.com/files/284410599/photos_killings_PUNCAK_JAYA_sep09.rar
http://www.progressio.org.uk/westpapua/AssociatesInternal/98403/west_papua_report_october_2009/