Jakarta – Drivers working for the US-based company PT Freeport Indonesia have demanded a security guarantee in the wake of shootings near Grasberg mine in Mimika, Papua, in recent months.

Close to a hundred drivers are gathering Thursday morning at a bus terminal near Timika Airport, where Freeport management representatives have arrived to meet them.

"We are concerned about our safety; we need some sort of assurance, one of the drivers told tempointeraktif.com.

He added that the drivers were awaiting the arrival of the Regional Legislative Council, to whom they will make their plea.

In July, a shooting occurred at the intersection between the town of Timika and Freeport's Grasberg mining site, killing an Australian employee, an Indonesian security guard and a policeman.

Yet more shootings disrupted the area in August, seemingly aimed at the drivers of Freeport buses.