Any information and investigation involving the August 31, 2002 murders of two American schoolteachers in West Papua, Indonesia

Jonathan Jones made this Freedom of Information request to Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Jonathan Jones
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Dear Minister for Foreign Affairs,

This is an application for all documents issued between August 30, 2002, and August 30, 2018, relating in whole or in part to the August 31st, 2002 killing of two American citizens, Rickey Lynn Spier and Leon Edwin Burgeon who worked at a school for the employees of PT Freeport Indonesia in an ambush in Timika, Indonesia.

Please include, but do not limit your search to the following:

-Any communication, intercepted or otherwise, of Sutarto and the other military leaders discuss discrediting a Papuan separatist group, the Free Papua Movement (OPM).
-Any discussions or conversations by the high-level Indonesian military as well as communications intercepts by the Australian government discussing or targeting the Freeport company.

Please treat this as a request for administrative access. If for
some reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please
treat it as a formal application under the Freedom of Information
Act.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Jones

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Hunt, Stephanie, Minister for Foreign Affairs

UNCLASSIFIED

 

Dear Mr Jones

 

Searches of the Minister’s Office are being conducted.  However, given the
recent change in Ministerial responsibilities and that the Foreign
Minister and Chief of Staff are currently overseas attending the United
Nations General Assembly, I would be grateful if you would agree to a 30
day extension of the statutory deadline for your request (in accordance
with section 15AA of the Freedom of Information Act).  This would allow
the Office additional time to conduct appropriate searches and progress to
a decision on this matter.  Should you agree, the new deadline would be 2
November, and we will inform the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) of the new timeframe.

 

Kind regards

 

Stephanie

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Jonathan Jones <[1][FOI #4770 email]>

Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2018 8:22 AM

To: FOI <[2][Minister for Foreign Affairs request email]>

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Any information and
investigation involving the August 31, 2002 murders of two American
schoolteachers in West Papua, Indonesia

 

Dear Minister for Foreign Affairs,

 

This is an application for all documents issued between August 30, 2002,
and August 30, 2018, relating in whole or in part to the August 31st, 2002
killing of two American citizens, Rickey Lynn Spier and Leon Edwin Burgeon
who worked at a school for the employees of PT Freeport Indonesia in an
ambush in Timika, Indonesia.

 

Please include, but do not limit your search to the following:

 

-Any communication, intercepted or otherwise, of Sutarto and the other
military leaders discuss discrediting a Papuan separatist group, the Free
Papua Movement (OPM).

-Any discussions or conversations by the high-level Indonesian military as
well as communications intercepts by the Australian government discussing
or targeting the Freeport company.

 

Please treat this as a request for administrative access. If for some
reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please treat it as a
formal application under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jonathan Jones

 

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Jonathan Jones
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Dear Hunt, Stephanie,

I agree to a 30-day extension of the statutory deadline for my request and look forward to your response by November 2. Please also include my personal email address: [email address] in your response.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan Jones

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FOI, Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Dear Mr Jones

Re. Freedom of Information Request

The purpose of this e-mail is to give you a decision about access to documents that you requested under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
On 2 October you requested:

This is an application for all documents issued between August 30, 2002, and August 30, 2018, relating in whole or in part to the August 31st, 2002 killing of two American citizens, Rickey Lynn Spier and Leon Edwin Burgeon who worked at a school for the employees of PT Freeport Indonesia in an ambush in Timika, Indonesia.

Searches conducted by the Foreign Minister's Office have found no documents relevant to your request. I am therefore unable to meet your request in accordance with the provisions of section 24A(1)(b)(ii) of the FOI Act as the Office holds no documents relevant to it.

Your review rights are attached for your reference.

Should you have any queries regarding this matter please contact the FOI and Privacy Law Section by email [Minister for Foreign Affairs request email].

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Australian Information Commissioner
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Jones <[FOI #4770 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2018 8:22 AM
To: FOI <[Minister for Foreign Affairs request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Any information and investigation involving the August 31, 2002 murders of two American schoolteachers in West Papua, Indonesia

Dear Minister for Foreign Affairs,

This is an application for all documents issued between August 30, 2002, and August 30, 2018, relating in whole or in part to the August 31st, 2002 killing of two American citizens, Rickey Lynn Spier and Leon Edwin Burgeon who worked at a school for the employees of PT Freeport Indonesia in an ambush in Timika, Indonesia.

Please include, but do not limit your search to the following:

-Any communication, intercepted or otherwise, of Sutarto and the other military leaders discuss discrediting a Papuan separatist group, the Free Papua Movement (OPM).
-Any discussions or conversations by the high-level Indonesian military as well as communications intercepts by the Australian government discussing or targeting the Freeport company.

Please treat this as a request for administrative access. If for some reason the request cannot be dealt with in this way, please treat it as a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Jones

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Jonathan Jones
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Dear Minister for Foreign Affairs,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Minister for Foreign Affairs's handling of my FOI request 'Any information and investigation involving the August 31, 2002 murders of two American schoolteachers in West Papua, Indonesia'.

I am aware of internal communications among various parties with the Australian government from the US embassy cables. The victims were flown to a hospital in Australia. Rio Tinto, an Australian firm, is a stakeholder in the mine.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Jones

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