In the early morning of 8 August 2020, the Indonesian police brutally dispersed fifty members of the Federation of Indonesian Pulp and Paper Workers Union (FSP2KI) who were carrying out a blockade in front of PT. Tanjungenim Lestari Pulp and Paper (PTTEL) in Lampung Province.
The workers had been taking action in front of the company gates for sixty-five days, in solidarity with thirty-eight members whose work contracts were discontinued by the outsourcing company PT. Kaliguma Transindo, when PTTEL ended the contract and appointed PT. Kamigumi Indonesia as the new outsourcing company.
They demanded that the new outsourcing company rehire all the workers who were formerly employed by PT. Kaliguma Transindo.
The union reported that 120 police officers assaulted and beat union members. Several women union members were sexually harassed by police officers during the dispersal.
