Passenger sent text just before fatal crash
THE light plane that crashed in East Kalimantan yesterday killing its Australian passenger hit just 100 metres short of a stretch of sealed road where it could have landed safely.
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6.6 quake rocks Indonesia’s Papua: USGS
JAKARTA — A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Papua region, sending panicked residents running from their homes and schools, officials said. Read more…
Oklahoma City couple find adventure, danger on Indonesian peak
Source: NewsOK
Mike Dillard, chief executive officer of Century Martial Arts and a prominent area developer, is a well known adrenaline junkie — but even he admits he was shaken by his latest adventure.
The Dillards were joined by 18 porters in their trek to Carstensz Pyramid. provided Read more…
Pupuk Indonesia plans $5.2 bln petrochem complex in Papua
JAKARTA, April 18 | Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:35am EDT
(Reuters) – Indonesian fertilizer firm PT Pupuk Indonesia plans to build a petrochemical complex worth $5.2 billion in the country’s Papua region, an official said on Wednesday.
Investors from Japan, South Korea and Germany have expressed interest to take part in a plant that will have annual capacity of 2 million tonnes a year, said the firm’s CEO Arifin Tasrif. Read more…
NZ must strengthen ties with Indonesia – Groser
By Adam Bennett 5:30 AM Monday Apr 16, 2012 Source: NZ Herald
John Key appears on a billboard in Jakarta marking his trade visit to Indonesia. Photo / Supplied
While acknowledging “some problems” within Indonesia, Trade Minister Tim Groser says New Zealand must strengthen economic ties with the fast-developing Southeast Asian nation. Read more…
Papua Development to Be Given Special Label in 2013 State Budget
Monday, 16 April, 2012 | 16:03 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:National Development Planning Board will synchronize state and regional budget to build infrastructure in Indonesian Eastern regions. We will propose a special label in next year’s state budget, said Max Hasudungan Pohan, deputy of Regional Development and Autonomy Division, contacted by TEMPO on Sunday. Read more…
Tangguh to Sell Spare LNG Supplies
Ben Farey | April 12, 2012 Jakarta Globe
Indonesia’s Tangguh liquefied natural gas plant in West Papua plans to offer as many as eight cargoes of the fuel to the spot market, according to oil and gas regulator BPMigas.
“Six is the minimum, up to eight, depending on production,” Rudi Rubiandini, deputy of operations at BPMigas, said by telephone from Jakarta. The cargoes will begin loading in May and continue through the year, he said. Read more…
Indonesian president demands quick justice in West Papua attack
Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Arientha Primanita, Farouk Arnaz and Ismira Lutfia
Soldiers may be deployed in West Papua to assist the police in the search for the gunmen responsible for Sunday’s attack on a commercial airplane, as the president demands swift justice.
The attack left a journalist dead and has raised fears that pro-independence rebels are becoming more brazen and could threaten a fragile peace in the province. Read more…
After plane attack, SBY tightens security in Papua
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 04/09/2012 5:02 PM
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered security forces to intensify and heighten security measures in Papua following the attack on a commercial aircraft by an armed gang at an airport in the country’s easternmost province. Read more…
Shots kill air passenger in West Papua
Updated 8 April 2012, 18:29 Radio Australia
One airline passenger is dead and four people wounded after gunmen fired on a small aircraft in the West Papua town of Mulia.
Those wounded include the two pilots. The Twin Otter was shot at after it landed. The pilots lost control and it then crashed into an airport building in the Indonesian province. The Twin Otter is operated by domestic carrier Trigana Air.
Woman, child hurt
It was carrying eight passengers and crew. The dead passenger was a local journalist. A police spokesman said the others wounded were a female passenger and a four-year-old boy.
Spokesman Johannes Nugroho told the AFP news agency: “I think there were only one or two shots and the other casualties were from shrapnel.”
District official Agus Fakaubun said the pilot was hurt in the leg and the co-pilot in the hand. The plane had arrived from another district of Papua. “The aircraft had reached the end of the airstrip and was taxiing to park when a group of armed men shot at the aircraft from the nearby hills,” he said. The attackers had fled. “The pilots lost control after getting hurt, and the aircraft ran into an airport building,” Mr Fakaubun said. Sunday’s incident is the latest in a spate of gun attacks in the region. Some have been near US mining giant Freeport McMoRan’s Grasberg gold and copper mine.
In December, unidentified gunmen opened fire on an aircraft carrying Freeport workers, wounding one passenger.
Sunday’s incident was not believed to be related to Freeport’s operations. Mulia is in Papua’s Puncak Jaya district, which is believed to be a separatist hotbed.
Unrest in Indonesia’s Mines: Local Chaos and Global Injustice
Source: In These Times
Buried in Indonesia’s rich soil is a minefield of brutality, literally. Last year, the Grasberg mine of the Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, one of the largest such operations in the world, shut down after thousands of workers launched a strike to demand higher wages. Work recently resumed, but the suffering continues while officials and multinationals maneuver to manage Southeast Asia’s resource curse. Read more…
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