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...these charges appear in a $6 billion suit brought by a New Orleans firm on behalf of Tom Beanal, leader of the Amungme tribe who inhabits Irian Jaya...
Freeport operates one of the world's largest strip mines, on the Indonesian island of Irian Jaya. Its site contains, according to conservative estimates, more than $70 billion in gold...
Critics contend that these activities have contributed to political, economic and environmental instability in Irian Jaya...
...Seattle Mennonite Church also recently filed a stockholder resolution to require the company to postpone its planned expansion of milling operations; to end company compensation of Indonesian military personnel; to publicly release two audits of its Irian Jaya activities; and to allow independent environmental monitoring...
Freeport issued a written statement yesterday when contacted but declined to make further comment. The statement defended Freeport's policies in Irian Jaya...