Four FBI agents visit Papua

Four FBI agents visit Papua

JAYAPURA, Papua: Four members of the U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) have visited Papua to ask about an Indonesian
police investigation into the ambush killing of two Americans and
an Indonesian in August, the provincial police chief said on
Tuesday.

Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika told AFP
that the four, all members of the FBI, left Papua on Sunday after
a visit of three or four days.

He said they were seeking information about the August ambush
by unknown gunmen on a mountain road leading to the giant U.S.-
owned Freeport copper and gold mine, one of the world's largest.

The three dead were all employees of an international school
operated by Freeport. Another 12 Freeport employees, mostly
Americans, were also wounded.

"We're working very closely with the Indonesian authorities,"
a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said. "They're doing a good job of
investigating this."

Pastika, who met FBI agents for three or four hours, said the
agents themselves were not investigating.

"They wanted to get information from us, what we have done,
and discuss it with us, maybe offer ideas about things not yet
done," Pastika said.

The visit marks the second time the FBI has visited Papua to
monitor the case. -- AFP