1) Police arrest three in Jayapura during Papua Independence Day rally
2) 7 arrested after attack on police station
3) No Morning Star flag in Timika on anniversary
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1) Police arrest three in Jayapura during Papua Independence Day rally
Metro TV - December 1, 2012
Peringati Kemerdekaan Papua, Ketua KNPB Ditangkap - Metrotvnews.com. Sabtu, 1 Desember 2012 <http://www.metrotvnews.com/read/news/2012/12/01/116036/Peringati-Kemerdekaan-Papua-Ketua-PNPB-Ditangkap/6>
Jayapura -- West Papua National Committee (KNPB) chairperson Victor Yeimo was arrested by police during a protest action in the Waena area, Heram district, in Jayapura city on Saturday. He was arrested along with two other colleagues, Hukum Kiman and Ebes Sala.
The arrests occurred when demonstrators led by Yeimo began marching from the Waena III State Housing Company (Perumnas) towards the Expo area. Hundreds of police from the Jayapura municipal police were mobilised and police initially requested that they disburse. The KNPB were intending to commemorate December 1, which is usually referred to as Papua Independence Day.
Earlier, they held speeches at the Waena III Perumnas public transport roundabout and were determined to hold a long-march to the Waena Expo complex. After marching for around 500 metres, the demonstrators where blocked by police in front of the Waena diesel power plant, who requested that they disperse. The demonstrators refused and police dispersed them forcibly by firing tear gas into the crowd.
The 50 or so protesters immediately dispersed but not before three people were detained and placed in a paddy wagon. Jayapura municipal police chief Police Commissioner Alfred said that they were arrested because the protest did not have a permit.
"I issued an order to block them in front of the Dian Harapan hospital. While negotiations were taking place they remained determined [to march] and we used force to disburse the demonstrators", he said.
The protesters were disbursed after two canisters of tear gas were fired when they pelted people in the vicinity [with stones]. "As a result of the [stone] throwing a person was injured in the vicinity of their elbow as a result of the [stone] throwing and is now being treated in hospital", said Alfred. As a result of the incident a number of shops were closed. (MI/DOR)
[Slightly abridged translation by James Balowski.]
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2) 7 arrested after attack on police station
Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura | Headlines | Sat, December 01 2012, 10:06 AM
Police have detained seven people following the attack on the Pirime police subprecinct station in Lanny Jaya regency, Papua, on Nov. 27, in which three police personnel — Second Insp. Rofli Takubesi, First Brig. Daniel Makuker and Brig. Jefri Rumkorem — were killed.
“The seven men were arrested in separate places. YW, 40, was captured in Pirime moments after the attack as he resisted arrest while attacking police personnel with a machete. He was later paralyzed with a gunshot to his leg. He is still receiving treatment at the Wamena General Hospital,” said Papua Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. I Gede Sumerta Jaya in Jayapura on Friday.
The six other suspects — KW, 40, LK, 22, TW, 24, GK, 35, DTT, 45 and TT, 17, were arrested by police in Waragame village, Piramid district in Jayawijaya regency, during an operation.
Police seized evidence from them in the form of a Morning Star separatist flag, Free Papua Movement (OPM) membership cards, a laptop, a United Kingdom flag and a Papua New Guinea flag, five OPM militia notebooks and a machete.
At least 10 police officers have been shot dead so far this year by unknown assailants in the province. The rising frequency of violence in Papua by armed civilian groups is believed to be a reaction by local community members to the frustration of dealing with hardships in the underdeveloped region.
Sumerta said police had yet to ascertain whether or not the seven men were involved in the attack on the police station, but police were currently investigating the case.
He added that six individuals in the group might have been involved in the attack because the place where they were caught was a route usually used by armed militias.
The individuals are thought to be part of a wider network of armed civilian groups operating in the Pegunungan Tengah area of Papua.
“The group forms part of a collaboration with several armed civilian groups, such as the RM, EW, MW and OW groups, while the attackers were from the JJ group,” said Sumerta.
The RM group was involved in a shootout with the police when Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian visited the crime scene in Pirime on Wednesday.
Sumerta further said the Lanny Jaya regency administration and religious and community figures had urged Tito to resolve the case and persuade the groups to give up their weapons and surrender. “However, if the efforts are in vain, the Papua Police chief will ask directives from the National Police chief before taking further action,” he said.
Regarding the police’s continuing manhunt of the police station assailants, the National Commission on Human Rights head Otto Nur Abdullan said he had not received any reports of alleged human rights violations.
“We have not yet received any reports of human rights violations when authorities have been scouring for perpetrators,” said Otto.
“This is progress for Papua,” he added, after meeting Karnavian in Jayapura on Friday.
Sumerta further said the Papua Police had strengthened security ahead of the Free Papua movement’s (OPM) anniversary, which falls on July 1, but is often celebrated on Dec. 1.
Sumerta said that the police would deploy two-thirds of its officers stationed in Papua to “anticipate the activity of pro-Papua liberation supporters”.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/01/no-morning-star-flag-timika-anniversary.html
3) No Morning Star flag in Timika on anniversary
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Archipelago | Sat, December 01 2012, 12:06 PM
There were no sightings of the Morning Star separatist flag on Saturday in Timika, Papua, on the 50th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), which is marked on Dec. 1, despite rumors of the flag being raised in various spots in the city.
At least 700 security personnel, comprising military and police personnel, were deployed on Friday afternoon to safeguard the city over the weekend. They patrolled the city at night and monitored US mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia’s security post at checkpoint 28 on Saturday morning.
Mimika Police chief Adj. sr. Comr. Jeremias Routini said on Friday afternoon that there were no indications of suspicious activities that could disrupt security.
“Intelligence reports indicated that there were no threatening activities. We have also warned public figures to tone down the commemoration of the day,” Jeremias said as quoted by tempo.co.
The police will also intensify security measures on Dec. 14 — marked as Militia Day -- and on Dec. 16 -- the anniversary of the death of prominent OPM figure Kelly Kwalik. (swd)
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