TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan held a meeting with dozens of PT Freeport Indonesia employees at his office on Thursday, March 9, 2017. The meeting was heating up when Freeport workers asked Luhut to visit the Mimika Regency.
"We are planning to go there, don't you mad at me," Luhut said to the workers.
The meeting was cut short because Luhut claimed that he must attend a meeting at the State Palace.
Virgo Salossa, a representative of the Care for Freeport Solidarity Movement said that the workers have managed to come early to meet with Luhut. However, the representatives can only have a short audience with the Minister and had only discussed trivial issues.
"We were greeted [in the office lobby] and only talk about trivial matters. We’re not asking for shares," Virgo said.
Virgo argued that the worker had never thought about the company's shares for the people. However, he believed that the government should take careful steps against Freeport because it will be recorded in history.
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