Category Archives: Merauke News

Report of a Visit to PT Dongin Prabhawa’s Plantation at Mam.

By admin | Published: February 19, 2014

A recent visit to Mam to monitor the latest developments around PT Dongin Prabhawa’s oil palm plantation near the south bank of the Digoel River in Merauke has revealed several concerns, from irregularities in the logging plan and ill-treatment of workers to human rights abuses. PT Dongin Prabhawa is a subsidiary of the Korindo Group, […]

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PT Papua Agro Lestari presents its Environmental Impact Assessment to Residents of Muting.

By admin | Published: February 18, 2014

Oil Palm company PT Papua Agro Lestari, a subsidiary of the Daewoo International Group from South Korea, has once again visited the indigenous people of Muting to present the results of its Environmental Impact Assessment at the Muting District Office on Thursday, 13th February 2014. PT Papua Agro Lestari presented its environmental impact assessment together […]

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Blasius Sumaghai beaten by Indonesian Navy Officers in Bade, Mappi

By admin | Published: February 17, 2014

Mappi, Majalah Selangah – Blasius Sumaghai (23 years old), a resident of Bade village, Edera District, Mappi, Papua has been beaten by members of the Indonesian Navy. The reasons for the beating were not clear. According to information compiled by majalahselangkah.com, Blasius Sumaghai, the son of the late Abraham Sumaghai who was an Awyu community […]

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Community Anxious, Wants Protection from the Law

By admin | Published: February 13, 2014

[awasMIFEE note: This is an update on the case where a man from Sanggase village died in police custody after being arrested on New Year’s Eve. The victim’s, referred to in previous articles as Roni, is given his full name, Petrus Aluend. The police appear not to have conducted a serious investigation into the incident, […]

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Communion of Churches in Indonesia calls for MIFEE to be Stopped!

By admin | Published: January 21, 2014

The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (Pesekutuan Gereja-Gereja Indonesia or PGI) has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost. According to Fr. Gomar Gultom, the PGI’s General Secretary, this request is […]

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Indigenous People Demand Companies Give Work to Papuans.

By admin | Published: January 14, 2014

Four companies in Muting and Ulilin Districts of Merauke Regency have been asked to give work to indigenous Papuans, and especially holders of customary rights over the land the companies are using. The four companies that are operating in the two districts are PT Bio Inti Agrindo, PT Cahaya Bone Lestari, PT Agrinusa Cipta Persada […]

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Update: Chronology of Okaba Death in Police Custody

By admin | Published: January 14, 2014

Further details of the police brutality that resulted in the death of Roni, a man from Sanggase Village, Merauke Regency, after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve: 31st December (evening) The victim and residents of Sanggase were holding a New Year’s Eve party with music and alcohol, when an alcohol-influenced quarrel broke out between […]

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Police and Company Security Guard beat a man to Death while in Police Detention.

By admin | Published: January 5, 2014

A man was beaten to death while in police detention by a local police officer and a man working for the Astra Group as head of security. The assault took place on New Year’s Eve in Okaba near Merauke. The Astra Group has plans for a massive sugar cane plantation which has met with opposition […]

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PT Agriprima Cipta Persada Planting Oil Palm Without a Permit.

By admin | Published: December 29, 2013

PT Agriprima Cipta Persada is going ahead with its oil palm plantation in Muting even though it has been turned down for a permit. The forestry ministry has currently rejected the company’s application to release the land from the forest estate and classify it for other uses such as plantations. However the company is going […]

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PT Selaras Inti Semesta has cleared important sites for the Malind People

By admin | Published: December 20, 2013

The Malind people possess traditional wisdom to protect sites they consider important. These important sites have historical, social, cultural and economic value, such as routes travelled by their ancestors, sacred relics, ancestral burial sites, historic villages and sago groves. In a participative mapping exercise in Kampung Wayau, District Animha, Merauke on 21/10/2013, the head of […]

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