Ilyas Asad spent three hours dealing with 10 representatives of Freeport Indonesia on Tuesday two weeks ago. Fortunately, he was not alone. The Environment and Forestry Ministry inspector-general invited several high-ranking officials along. The Freeport entourage was led by Clementino Lamury, one of the companys directors. We had a marathon meeting until well into the afternoon, Ilyas said at his office in Jakarta last Thursday.

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