A REPORT like this is a warm breeze, running counter to the cold air of Timika. It was reported by AFX Global Ethics Monitor, a new service of French news bureau AFP, quoting a report from Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., the parent company of PT Freeport Indonesia, the giant gold miner in Papua.

The report involves money paid out for security services provided by the military and police. AFX says that Freeport has already helped ou