2 Juffa plans to push for bill to separate region
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1) Investigation into a kiosk keeper`s murder still underway: Papua police
Reporter: Antara 6 hours ago
Jayapura, Papua, (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian police in Puncak Jaya District, Papua Province, continued probing into the murder of Sugeng Efendi, a kiosk keeper in Wuyukwi Village, Mulia Subdistrict, on Saturday evening (Feb 2), a police spokesman said.
"The investigation into this murder case is still underway," Chief of the Puncak Jaya Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Agustinus Ary Purwanto told Antara here on Sunday when questioned about the Sugeng Efendi murder case.
The police investigators attempted to disclose the case by questioning witnesses, he said. Sugeng, 25, was shot dead by an armed Papuan rebel on Saturday evening.
Following the shooting incident, Commander of the Puncak Jaya Regional Military Command Lt.Col.Agus Sunaryo said the situation around Mulia Subdistrict areas remained conducive, and local residents did their routine activities without fear.
In early January, Papua Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin had warned that armed Papuan rebels would likely remain a serious security threat in certain areas of the central mountain range of the Indonesian province of Papua.
The police have attempted to approach the armed groups to end the circle of violence but the effort has yet to yield success, he remarked while responding to local journalists` questions on this year`s security situation in Papua Province.
However, owing to the presence of army and police personnel in the areas of the central mountain range that might potentially be threatened by what the police call "armed criminal groups," or "KKB," the frequency of security disturbances can be reduced.
Sormin said those responsible for administering the areas are the governor and heads of districts, and the armed forces and police personnel could not conduct their duties without their support.
Hence, in dealing with these security threats, he proposed that the "Regional Leadership Communication Forum," or "Forkopimda," be activated, so that necessary solutions can be sought together to all problems occurring in the regions.
For those posing security threats and disturbances, the police will enforce the law against them, he noted, adding that the perpetrators would eventually be caught.
On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan rebels had brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya, who were engaged in construction and building the Trans Papua project in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi Sub-District, Nduga District, Papua Province.
Reporting by Alfian Rumagit, Rahmad Nasution
"The investigation into this murder case is still underway," Chief of the Puncak Jaya Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Agustinus Ary Purwanto told Antara here on Sunday when questioned about the Sugeng Efendi murder case.
The police investigators attempted to disclose the case by questioning witnesses, he said. Sugeng, 25, was shot dead by an armed Papuan rebel on Saturday evening.
Following the shooting incident, Commander of the Puncak Jaya Regional Military Command Lt.Col.Agus Sunaryo said the situation around Mulia Subdistrict areas remained conducive, and local residents did their routine activities without fear.
In early January, Papua Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin had warned that armed Papuan rebels would likely remain a serious security threat in certain areas of the central mountain range of the Indonesian province of Papua.
The police have attempted to approach the armed groups to end the circle of violence but the effort has yet to yield success, he remarked while responding to local journalists` questions on this year`s security situation in Papua Province.
However, owing to the presence of army and police personnel in the areas of the central mountain range that might potentially be threatened by what the police call "armed criminal groups," or "KKB," the frequency of security disturbances can be reduced.
Sormin said those responsible for administering the areas are the governor and heads of districts, and the armed forces and police personnel could not conduct their duties without their support.
Hence, in dealing with these security threats, he proposed that the "Regional Leadership Communication Forum," or "Forkopimda," be activated, so that necessary solutions can be sought together to all problems occurring in the regions.
For those posing security threats and disturbances, the police will enforce the law against them, he noted, adding that the perpetrators would eventually be caught.
On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan rebels had brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya, who were engaged in construction and building the Trans Papua project in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi Sub-District, Nduga District, Papua Province.
Reporting by Alfian Rumagit, Rahmad Nasution
2 Juffa plans to push for bill to separate region
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIKNorthern Governor Gary Juffa says he will push for a bill in the Parliament to call for Pacific leaders to separate the region from the overall Asia-Pacific region.
He said this on Thursday during the West Papua forum in Port Moresby.
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop and officers from the United States Embassy and Australian High Commission also attended.
Juffa said the Pacific region had to be separate from Asia in order to gain international attention for human rights abuses against people of West Papua Province of Indonesia.
“I will be calling for the other 21 governors to push in the National Parliament for all Pacific leaders to call for our own Pacific region at an international forum,” he said.
“Right now we are in the Asia-Pacific region. Issues in Asia get the prominence while issues in the Pacific are being brushed aside”.
Parkop said Bougainville in PNG and West Papua in Indonesia faced similar political futures.
“We should not be afraid of Bougainville choosing their future in the referendum that will be held this year, just like Indonesia should not be afraid of West Papuans determining their own future,” he said.
“We should not be afraid if Bougainville chooses independence,
“They will not move the island of Bougainville to Europe or another place in the world.
“They will still be there.
“We are all inter-married now.
“There are family and tribal relationships been bonded already.
“We might have a better future because if you look at the history of PNG, because of Bougainville, we were political and economically shaped.”
Parkop said the same message must be told to Indonesia.
“Indonesian must know that if West Papua becomes independent, they will not move the land to the United States,” he said.
“They will still stay there.
“The people speak Bahasa.
“They are intermarriages already been forged and established with people from other parts of Indonesia.
“Economically, they can be integrated.
“Socially, they can still move around in Indonesia.”
He said this on Thursday during the West Papua forum in Port Moresby.
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop and officers from the United States Embassy and Australian High Commission also attended.
Juffa said the Pacific region had to be separate from Asia in order to gain international attention for human rights abuses against people of West Papua Province of Indonesia.
“I will be calling for the other 21 governors to push in the National Parliament for all Pacific leaders to call for our own Pacific region at an international forum,” he said.
“Right now we are in the Asia-Pacific region. Issues in Asia get the prominence while issues in the Pacific are being brushed aside”.
Parkop said Bougainville in PNG and West Papua in Indonesia faced similar political futures.
“We should not be afraid of Bougainville choosing their future in the referendum that will be held this year, just like Indonesia should not be afraid of West Papuans determining their own future,” he said.
“We should not be afraid if Bougainville chooses independence,
“They will not move the island of Bougainville to Europe or another place in the world.
“They will still be there.
“We are all inter-married now.
“There are family and tribal relationships been bonded already.
“We might have a better future because if you look at the history of PNG, because of Bougainville, we were political and economically shaped.”
Parkop said the same message must be told to Indonesia.
“Indonesian must know that if West Papua becomes independent, they will not move the land to the United States,” he said.
“They will still stay there.
“The people speak Bahasa.
“They are intermarriages already been forged and established with people from other parts of Indonesia.
“Economically, they can be integrated.
“Socially, they can still move around in Indonesia.”
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