1) Papuan
separatists hail new Vanuatu leader
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1) Papuan separatists hail new Vanuatu leader
Updated at 2:57 pm today
The West Papua Coalition for Liberation says the new Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman will continue the good work of his predecessor in supporting the West Papuan self-determination cause.
Mr Natuman has replaced Moana Carcasses who was yesterday removed in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence.
During his 13 and a half months as Prime Minister, Mr Carcasses took significant steps to advance the West Papua cause in international fora and raise issues over human rights abuses by Indonesia's security forces.
This included a landmark speech at the United Nations general assembly.
The Coalition for Liberation says Joe Natuman is very much a supporter of West Papuan rights and was instrumental in the former government's policy.
The Coalition has also played down concerns that the new Foreign Minister Sato Kilman could try and strengthen ties with Indonesia again as he did previously when Prime Minister.
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2) PNG protests ambush
Source:
The National, Friday May 16th, 2014
A PROTEST note has been sent to the Indonesian government by the Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs to try to prevent future incidents along the Wutung border in West Sepik.
According to a report sent to The National, four PNG soldiers were ambushed by the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) soldiers last month when they were conducting a clearance patrol along the PNG side of the border.
PNGDF Commander Brig-Gen Gilbert Toropo said it was normal duty for any military to do clearance patrol along the border. Unfortunately, the TNI mistakenly fired shot at the officers thinking they were Organisai Papua Merdeka (OPM) militants.
A clearing patrol of four men was sent out from the new border office complex at Wutung but copped gun shots from TNI.
Toropo confirmed the report and said that a protest note had been sent to the Indonesian government to prevent such incidents.
“This protest note is a very serious note between two governments and following on that, a team of the national security advisory committee (NSAC) and some PNGDF officers were sent to Indonesia to address the issue,” Toropo said.
He said it could not have been a mistake because the visibility of the scene was already cleared when the four-man team received shots.
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