2) RI-PNG border remains closed for security reason
3) Over 11,500 flee West Papua town after clashes
4) Teachers need psychological treatment after deadly riot in Wamena
5) Blitar district govt ready to evacuate its people from Papua: official
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1) Military chief to visit riot-impacted Wamena on Monday
20 hours ago
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Several ministers have planned to pay a visit to riot-inflicted Wamena in Papua Province on Monday to outline steps for the comprehensive restoration of security and stability.
Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto confirmed his visit to Wamena along with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto and Chief of the National Police General Tito Karnavian. Related news: Wamena riot survivors are still traumatized: Wiranto
Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno, and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono will also visit Wamena.
"After Oct 7, God willing, we will go there to find ways to create security and stability as desired," Tjahjanto remarked after attending an event to commemorate TNI's 74th anniversary held at the Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase in East Jakarta on Saturday.
Citing data, he pointed to the overriding consensus among most native Papuans that non-native Papuan residents should continue to stay in Wamena, Ilaga, and Oksibil, Papua.
"Many native Papuans do not want non-native Papuans to return (to their hometowns)," he stated.
Deadly riots erupted in Wamena during a rally that native Papuan students had staged on September 23.
Related news: Police identify group spreading rumors in Timika
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Some 33 people, including a medical doctor, were killed, while at least 77 others sustained injuries in the riot that also compelled several thousand residents, mostly non-native Papuans, to take shelter in the local military and police compounds.
The dead and wounded comprised non-native Papuans, who were assaulted by rioters brandishing machetes and arrows. Several of them had migrated to Papua from their hometowns in provinces, such as West Sumatra and South Sulawesi, to earn a living.
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Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto confirmed his visit to Wamena along with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto and Chief of the National Police General Tito Karnavian. Related news: Wamena riot survivors are still traumatized: Wiranto
Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Health Minister Nila Moeloek, State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno, and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono will also visit Wamena.
"After Oct 7, God willing, we will go there to find ways to create security and stability as desired," Tjahjanto remarked after attending an event to commemorate TNI's 74th anniversary held at the Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase in East Jakarta on Saturday.
Citing data, he pointed to the overriding consensus among most native Papuans that non-native Papuan residents should continue to stay in Wamena, Ilaga, and Oksibil, Papua.
"Many native Papuans do not want non-native Papuans to return (to their hometowns)," he stated.
Deadly riots erupted in Wamena during a rally that native Papuan students had staged on September 23.
Related news: Police identify group spreading rumors in Timika
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Some 33 people, including a medical doctor, were killed, while at least 77 others sustained injuries in the riot that also compelled several thousand residents, mostly non-native Papuans, to take shelter in the local military and police compounds.
The dead and wounded comprised non-native Papuans, who were assaulted by rioters brandishing machetes and arrows. Several of them had migrated to Papua from their hometowns in provinces, such as West Sumatra and South Sulawesi, to earn a living.
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Related news: Military Chief confirms Wamena schools reopening on Oct 7
Related news: Thousands of Jayawijaya refugees return home
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2) RI-PNG border remains closed for security reason
9 hours ago
Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Skouw-Wutung border of Republic of Indonesia (RI) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) remained closed for public because of the security reason, as few days earlier,
gunfights occurred between Indonesia's armed forces and several armed separatists, an official said here Sunday.
The 172/Praja Wira Yhakti military post commander, Col. Inf. Binsar Sianipar, explained that the border had been temporarily closed on Sept 24, a day after a violent riot broke out in Wamena city, Jayawijaya District, Papua Province.
"In order to reopen the border, we must contact our counterpart in PNG," Sianipar remarked.
On Sept 23, rioters burned shops and houses of settlers in Wamena. Therefore, some 10,000 people were displaced while schools and public activities got disrupted.
Related news: Indonesia's Skouw-Wutung border post temporarily closed: Mily
In a separate occasion, the Jayapura Immigration authority revealed that some of its officials were still assigned to guard the border despite the closure.
Under a normal condition, the RI-PNG border in Skouw District, Jayapura city, would be crossed by at least 100 people per day. "The figure would raise whenever the market nearby the border in Indonesia's area was opened.
Most PNG citizens whose homes are near the border will visit the Indonesian market in Skouw which is situated around 300 meters from the neutral zone of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Related news: Lesson learned from Wamena rioting
gunfights occurred between Indonesia's armed forces and several armed separatists, an official said here Sunday.
The 172/Praja Wira Yhakti military post commander, Col. Inf. Binsar Sianipar, explained that the border had been temporarily closed on Sept 24, a day after a violent riot broke out in Wamena city, Jayawijaya District, Papua Province.
"In order to reopen the border, we must contact our counterpart in PNG," Sianipar remarked.
On Sept 23, rioters burned shops and houses of settlers in Wamena. Therefore, some 10,000 people were displaced while schools and public activities got disrupted.
Related news: Indonesia's Skouw-Wutung border post temporarily closed: Mily
In a separate occasion, the Jayapura Immigration authority revealed that some of its officials were still assigned to guard the border despite the closure.
Under a normal condition, the RI-PNG border in Skouw District, Jayapura city, would be crossed by at least 100 people per day. "The figure would raise whenever the market nearby the border in Indonesia's area was opened.
Most PNG citizens whose homes are near the border will visit the Indonesian market in Skouw which is situated around 300 meters from the neutral zone of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Related news: Lesson learned from Wamena rioting
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