Freeport's…Grasberg mine is on high alert…as 8,000 workers strike for better wages…Now in its third month, this strike is…one of the more violent…Juli Parorrongan, a spokesman for the All Indonesian Workers Union…[said] "Too many people have been killed, but we don't know who's shooting us…"...The strikers have a reason to be wary for their safety: Freeport is paying millions of dollars directly to the police officers who guard its mine…Rights organizations fear the security payments are tainting police neutrality in the region…"If they receive money from Freeport, it means their boss is…Freeport -- a private company," said Poengky Indarti, executive director of the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor…Eric E. Kinneberg, Director of Communications for Freeport, wrote in an email, "This provision of support is consistent with our obligations under our agreements with the respective governments, our philosophy of responsible corporate citizenship and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. We periodically review our support practices to ensure that they are appropriate, lawful and properly controlled." Of the 2010 funding, he emphasized that "approximately 80% of that amount is non-cash, in-kind support" that is "necessitated by the remote posting."