West Papua: missing officer found dead near Freeport mine

Submitted by WW4 Report on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 01:27

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A police officer who was reported missing July 12 was found dead the next day near a mine operated in West Papua by the US conglomerate Freeport. Indonesian authorities blamed Papuan separatists.

A police officer who was reported missing July 12 was found dead the next day near a mine operated in West Papua [2] by the US conglomerate Freeport. The death followed fatal ambushes over the weekend of a security guard and an Australian mining expert working for Freeport in the same area. Indonesian authorities blamed Papuan separatists. (NYT [3], July 13)

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