Jayapura – After a long standoff, workers at US mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia have agreed to open access to the Grasberg mine in Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua.

"The blue tent [which was used to block access] has been taken down," Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Pudjo Sulistyo told The Jakarta Post on Friday.

The workers had blocked the road to the mining site and installed the tent on Wednesday to protest against alleged workplace-safety violations in the wake of a recent accident that killed four employees.

PT Freeport spokesman Juli Parorrongan said that the fence had been taken down by the workers' union chairman, Sudiro. "However, the workers required that their demands [regarding workplace safety] be read aloud in front of management officials," Juli said.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/04/freeport-workers-end-blockade.html