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Papua New Guinea government orders urgent military deployment ... |
2) Six KNPB activists on trial for subversion
3) The middle of nowhere
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Posted at 03:22 on 18 February, 2013 UTC
Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved 2.5 million US dollars to deploy defence force soldiers to patrol and protect the border with Indonesia.
The newspaper, The National, reports that the national executive council has moved with urgency to address problems between PNG citizens living in the border area and the Indonesian military.
PNG’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the situation requires immediate national government intervention and for appropriate strategies to be adopted to ease the tension at the border.
Mr O’Neill ordered the Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato to issue a protest note to Jakarta expressing the government’s concern about the construction of Indonesian military posts in the border area.
He says Mr Pato is also to inform Indonesia’s government about continuous harassment of PNG people by the military and other illegal activities as reported by the National Security Advisory Committee’s investigation team.
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2) Six KNPB activists on trial for subversion
JUBI, 17 February 2013
Six KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) activists from Timika are on trial. The first hearing of the case was held on 7 February.
After the indictment was read out followed by a demurer from the defendants. The lawyer for the defence, Olga Hamadi spoke to JUBI after the hearing and explained a number of points:
1. The way the case has proceeded so far is in violation of the procedures stipulated in the Criminal Code.
2. The indictment presented by the prosecutor is not well drawn up, it lacks clarity and is unclear about which article in the criminal code is being used.
The defence team also said that the pre-trial interrogation of the accused had failed to comply with the rule of law. They therefore called for the charges to be dropped, for the defendants to be released and for their clients to be rehabilitated.
The next hearing in the trial will be held on 21 February on which occasion a further statement will be made by the prosecutor.
The names of five of the men on trial are Yakonias Womsiwor, Paulus Maryom, Alfret Marsyom, Steven Itlay and Romario Yatipai.They are charged with making traditional Wayar arrows used by Biak people and are being charged under Article 106 of the Criminal Code (makar) along with Article 55.
Alongside these five men, another person named Yanto Awerkion is charged with using bombs traditionally used by coastal people and is charged under Article 1, para (1) of Emergency Law 12/1951.
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Six KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) activists from Timika are on trial. The first hearing of the case was held on 7 February.
After the indictment was read out followed by a demurer from the defendants. The lawyer for the defence, Olga Hamadi spoke to JUBI after the hearing and explained a number of points:
1. The way the case has proceeded so far is in violation of the procedures stipulated in the Criminal Code.
2. The indictment presented by the prosecutor is not well drawn up, it lacks clarity and is unclear about which article in the criminal code is being used.
The defence team also said that the pre-trial interrogation of the accused had failed to comply with the rule of law. They therefore called for the charges to be dropped, for the defendants to be released and for their clients to be rehabilitated.
The next hearing in the trial will be held on 21 February on which occasion a further statement will be made by the prosecutor.
The names of five of the men on trial are Yakonias Womsiwor, Paulus Maryom, Alfret Marsyom, Steven Itlay and Romario Yatipai.They are charged with making traditional Wayar arrows used by Biak people and are being charged under Article 106 of the Criminal Code (makar) along with Article 55.
Alongside these five men, another person named Yanto Awerkion is charged with using bombs traditionally used by coastal people and is charged under Article 1, para (1) of Emergency Law 12/1951.
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3) The middle of nowhere
Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlementsBobby Anderson
http://www.insideindonesia.org/current-edition/the-middle-of-nowhere?utm_source=All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b5980cacf3-Weekly_18_Feb_2013&utm_medium=email
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