Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami 
Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Agus Sahbani, Robert Sidauruk
The cave-in tragedy in a mining site operated by PT. Freeport Indonesia at Tembagapura, Papua, that occurred a few days ago led to two Indonesian citizens filing a lawsuit against the Government and PT Freeport Indonesia.
Arief Poyuono and Satya Wijayantra, as representatives for cave-in victims, filed the citizen lawsuit in Central Jakarta District Court.
“We have filed the lawsuit against the President and PT. Freeport Indonesia and it has been registered under No. 243/PDT.G/2013/PN.JKT.PST,” Arief said in Central Jakarta District Court, Monday (20/5).
Arief argued that the underground collapse in Tembagapura is one of the worst work accidents that ever happened in Indonesia. He explained that PT Freeport Indonesia covered up the lack of quick response in evacuating the victims.
“We have information that cave-in accidents on a smaller scale are relatively common in other PT Freeport work sites. However, this is missed from media as it happened in remote areas,” he added.
He noted that both the Government and PT Freeport Indonesia breached their statutory duty to ensure the safety of workers.
Arief stated that the Government has neglected their duty to supervise PT Freeport Indonesia in implementing Work Health and Safety Management System (K3 Management System) that is mandatory for every company in Indonesia under Law No. 13 of 2003on Labor and Government Regulation No. 50 of 2012.
“Legal consequences for breaching K3 Management System are revocation of business license and fines, which is a common practice in the USA, where Freeport is headquartered,” Arif asserted.
Therefore, he demanded that PT Freeport Indonesia’s business license is revoked and that the work contract is terminated.
“We should see the international practice in the case of British Petroleum. The company is prohibited from operating due to the work accident in the Gulf of Mexico. The same thing should also be implemented in Indonesia,” said Habiburokhman, the plaintiffs’ lawyer.
PT Freeport Indonesia is also requested to pay damages of Rp 50 billion to each family of victims who died in the accident and allocate Rp 25 billion for injured victims.
They also demanded that the company must publicly apologize via six national television stations, newspapers, and the radio.
(hot/jt)
Agus Sahbani, Robert Sidauruk
The cave-in tragedy in a mining site operated by PT. Freeport Indonesia at Tembagapura, Papua, that occurred a few days ago led to two Indonesian citizens filing a lawsuit against the Government and PT Freeport Indonesia.
Arief Poyuono and Satya Wijayantra, as representatives for cave-in victims, filed the citizen lawsuit in Central Jakarta District Court.
“We have filed the lawsuit against the President and PT. Freeport Indonesia and it has been registered under No. 243/PDT.G/2013/PN.JKT.PST,” Arief said in Central Jakarta District Court, Monday (20/5).
Arief argued that the underground collapse in Tembagapura is one of the worst work accidents that ever happened in Indonesia. He explained that PT Freeport Indonesia covered up the lack of quick response in evacuating the victims.
“We have information that cave-in accidents on a smaller scale are relatively common in other PT Freeport work sites. However, this is missed from media as it happened in remote areas,” he added.
He noted that both the Government and PT Freeport Indonesia breached their statutory duty to ensure the safety of workers.
Arief stated that the Government has neglected their duty to supervise PT Freeport Indonesia in implementing Work Health and Safety Management System (K3 Management System) that is mandatory for every company in Indonesia under Law No. 13 of 2003on Labor and Government Regulation No. 50 of 2012.
“Legal consequences for breaching K3 Management System are revocation of business license and fines, which is a common practice in the USA, where Freeport is headquartered,” Arif asserted.
Therefore, he demanded that PT Freeport Indonesia’s business license is revoked and that the work contract is terminated.
“We should see the international practice in the case of British Petroleum. The company is prohibited from operating due to the work accident in the Gulf of Mexico. The same thing should also be implemented in Indonesia,” said Habiburokhman, the plaintiffs’ lawyer.
PT Freeport Indonesia is also requested to pay damages of Rp 50 billion to each family of victims who died in the accident and allocate Rp 25 billion for injured victims.
They also demanded that the company must publicly apologize via six national television stations, newspapers, and the radio.
(hot/jt)