Follow the Money : West Papua

West Papua Human Rights : A Brief History.

  • The Grasberg mine in West Papua is the largest gold mine and 3rd largest copper mine in the world.
  • Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) own ~90% in the mine, the Indonesian gov the remainder
  • Freeport was founded in 1912 in Texas USA
  • In 1928 Payne Whitney collaborated to take control of the company
  • Dec 1949 Indonesian Revolution ends
  • 1949 all territories of Dutch East Indies company granted sovereignty, except West Papua
  • 1950 The Dutch agreed to Independence but where pressured by the Kennedy Administration to transfer West Papua to Indonesia
  • 1960 Freeport geologists confirmed the Dutch discovery of gold & copper
  • 1962 The Dutch relinquish to the UN per the “New York Agreement” which required a plebiscite on Independence prior to 1969
  • 1966, Freeport negotiated a contract with the Indonesian government
  • 1996 Dames & More environmental audit showed 28km^2 rain forest “severely impacted” and 3.2 billion tonnes of acid rock dumped in local river and over burden has polluted a nearby lake. The report was endorsed by Freeport
  • 1969 The Indonesian Military organise the “Act of Free Choice” which involved 1025 hand picked people (less than 1% of population) held at gunpoint and forced to vote for Integration with Indonesia, in violation of the Dutch agreement with the UN
  • 1969 The Free Papua Movement (OPM) was formed as a result of the disputed vote.
  • Feb 2003 West Papua (Irian Jaya Barat ) was separated from the rest of Papua
  • Feb 2007 Renames to Papua Barat (West Papua)
  • Nov 2004 Indonesian Court rules the split violates Papua laws but agreed it should remain now the split had taken place.
  • 2005 the NYT reported on $20m being paid between 1998 & 2004 to local military, police, and other officials to secure the mine. Also claims James R Moffet courted and made deals with Indonesia’s Dictator & staff and claims wire tapping of environmentalists by the Indonesian military
  • In Dec 2015 James Moffett stepped down as Chairman with $63m in payments. Moffett was replace by Gerald J Ford
    Other board members have included John Hay Whitney, Kidder, Peabody & Co., Chauncey Stillman, Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller, Augustus Long, Robert A. Lovett, Jean Mauzé, Henry Kissinger and George Putnam.

Freeport is a participant of the “Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights”

  • Freeport has been accused of funding the Indonesian Military to secure the mine by oppression of native peoples.

  • Papuans accuse Indonesian Military of indiscriminate violence and suppression of freedoms of expression

  • Over 500,000 have been killed and thousands more raped tortured and imprisoned by the Military since 1969

  • Papua is described as a Police State and foreign access is restricted

  • Whitney attended Yale where he was a member of Skull and Bones

  • The group Skull and Bones is featured in conspiracy theories, which claim that the society plays a role in a global conspiracy for world control.

Follow The Money ..... and down the rabbit hole we go!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payne_Whitney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

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