TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The investigators of Puncak District's police precinct are continuing efforts to uncover the shootings of two students in the Gome Utara area of Ilaga Subdistrict, Papua on Friday, which had killed Atanius Murib (16) and injured Manus Murib (16).
The police investigators had met Manus Murib, an 11th grade student of Gome vocational high school (SMK) who sustained a serious gunshot wound on his neck when he was treated at the Ilaga public health center, Papua Police Spokesman Sen.Coms AM Kamal said.
Manus Murib had been evacuated to the Timika Public Hospital in Mimika District on Saturday to receive an intensive medical treatment while the police investigators were striving to uncover those responsible for the shooting incident, he said here Sunday.
Manus Murib was shot by unidentified armed attackers on Friday but he survived the shooting incident. Another victim was identified as Atanius Murib, a student of Ilaga senior high school (SMA).
Puncak Police Chief Adjunct Sen.Coms. Dicky Saragih said earlier that Atanius Murib died at the scene that could only be reached on foot by walking for about 15 hours from Ilaga Subdistrict, Puncak District.
Saragih said Manus Murib survived the shooting incident that occurred at about 06:00 a.m. local time after pretending to be dead. Prior to his evacuation to Timika, he told the police that he and Atanius Murib were attacked on their way to Agandume Subdistrict.
The two students were shot from a height inside a jungle between Agandume and Dume Subdistricts. Their attackers then went down to check the victims, and take a photo of them before leaving the crime scene, he said.
After knowing that the attackers had left the area, Manus Murib told the police that he attempted to seek a help of residents of Jakimaki Village. A priest and several villagers carried Murib to the Ilaga health center to receive a medical care.
Deceased Atanius Murib would be evacuated by his family to be buried in his village, Saragih added.
The Indonesian province of Papua has continued to bear witness to a vicious cycle of violence, with armed Papuan criminal groups in the districts of Intan Jaya and Nduga targeting civilians and security personnel over the past few months.
Intan Jaya recorded its bloodiest month in September this year, with armed groups launching a series of attacks in the area that claimed the lives of two soldiers and two civilians and injured two others.
The notorious armed groups in the Indonesian province continued their acts of terror in October.
On October 9, 2020, for instance, an armed group ambushed a joint fact-finding team (TGPF) set up by the government to investigate a recent shooting in Mamba village, Sugapa sub-district.
In the incident, a TGPF member -- Gadjah Mada University (UGM) lecturer Bambang Purwoko -- was shot in the leg, while a TNI soldier — First Sgt Faisal Akbar of the Hitadipa Task Force — sustained injuries on the waist.
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Semarang – Frans Josua Napitu, a Semarang State University (Unnes) student who reported the university's rector to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has challenged the campus administration to an academic debate over accusation that he is involved with the Free Papua Movement (OPM).
"This accusation against me is baseless. What I did before was express solidarity with cases of racism suffered by our sister and brother Papuans. That's being a human. I myself follow the Gusdurian [philosophy of former president Abdurrahman 'Gus Dur' Wahid] of treating human beings as human beings. So, how could I possibly join a radical or separatist group. Come on dean, or Unnes officials, we'll argue it in an open debate, an academic debate to argue the case", said Napitu in Semarang, Central Java, on Wednesday November 18.
Corruption report
Napitu took the opportunity to say that he also suspects the accusations against him by the Unnes authorities are an attempt to cover up an alleged case of corruption which he reported to the KPK.
"This is not unrelated to what I did, reporting suspected corruption by the Unnes rector to the KPK. This is them panicking", said Napitu.
Earlier, Napitu, a faculty of law student, reported the Unnes rector Fathur Rokhman to the KPK. On November 13 the receipt of the report was confirmed by acting KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri.
Napitu was later sanctioned by the Unnes campus authorities by being sent home to his parents for moral character guidance. Unnes faculty of law dean Rodiyah said that with this decision, the campus had also postponed all of Napitu's obligations as an Unnes student for the next six months.
Unnes rectorate special staff member for legal affairs, Muhamad Azil Maskur, denied that the sanctions against Napitu were related to the KPK report. He said that Napitu had already written a letter declaring that he would not repeat his actions, the most fatal of which was Napitu's involvement in an OPM sympathisers movement.
Baseless and anti-democratic
Meanwhile, in response to the sanctions and accusations against Napitu by the campus authorities, the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) and the all-Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) network have criticised the move by the Unnes campus as baseless and anti-democratic.
"We and our YLBHI colleagues, there are around 17 LBH in Indonesia, condemn the attitude taken by Unnes in suspending [Napitu] as anti-democratic. Never mind the accusations of FN's involvement in the OPM, which is fabricated and baseless. Unnes should instead protect and safeguard its students", said Cornel Ghea from LBH Semarang.
In an official statement by the YLBHI and the LBH offices across Indonesia that was received Wednesday, they stated that Napitu's suspension was a form of shallow thinking which endangers campus democracy.
"The actions of Unnes dean FH are very dangerous for students' independent thinking. Unnes as an academic institution should protect students' independent thought not instead using their power to intimidate independent thinking, suspending students, even very possibly dropping out students on fabricated grounds", read the statement by the pro-bono legal aid network.
They are therefore asking the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) and the KPK to take responsibility for providing legal protection to Napitu as mandated under article 15 of Law Number 19/2019 on the KPK.
The article reads, "The Corruption Eradication Commission is obliged to provide protection to witnesses or reporters who submit reports or provide information on corruption crimes that have taken place in accordance with legislation".
In addition to this they are also asking the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) to supervise and respond to the actions by the Unnes faculty of law dean who has violated the right to freedom of opinion and access to education.
"Through this statement, the YLBHI along with other LBH offices support FN's struggle, we also invite all civil society groups to stand in solidarity [with him], to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to provide support in fighting shallow thinking and the anti-critical stand shown against FN", read the statement. (dmr/kid)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Bantah Tuduhan OPM, Mahasiswa Unnes Tantang Dekan Debat".]
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested 54 participants of a public hearing organised by the Papuan People’s Council (MPR) this week at the Valentine Hotel in Merauke regency in Papua.
They were arrested for alleged makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) yet the public hearing was actually discussing evaluating the implementation of Law Number 21/2001 on Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua, reports Kompas.
Merauke district police chief Assistant Superintendant Untung Suriatna explained the chronology leading up to the arrest of the participants which included those attending the public hearing as well as members of the MPR.
Yellow book
Initially, police wanted to break up the public hearing on Tuesday because they claimed the
organisers did not apply health protocols. But during the investigation, the police found out that there was a participant who tried to throw a document out of the hotel.
“First the event violated health protocols, but suddenly in the (process) of checking and rechecking there was a document which was thrown out, it was a yellow book,” said Suriatna when contacted by phone.
The police searched for the book. When it was found it turned out to contain the basic guidelines for the “West Papua Federal Republic”.
The book, which contained the name of the president of the West Papua Federal Republic, was used as material evidence by police of alleged makar.
“There was the name of the president, there is material evidence in the form of a book, there’s [also] a laptop which we are still holding”, he said.
54 people arrested
Based on these findings, the police secured 54 people including participants of the meeting and MRP members who were then detained for questioning. While in detention, said Suriatna, they behaved well and have now been sent home.
“Yesterday we detained them all in the context of taking data, we examined their health, we served them food and drink, we gave them a place to sleep, they were detained in the auditorium and give good quality military beds,” he said.
Earlier on Sunday, November 15, an entourage of MRP members also wanted to hold a public hearing to discussion an evaluation of the Papua Special Autonomy law in Jayawijaya regency, reports Dhias Suwandi of Kompas.
Their arrival at the Wamena airport however was rejected by a group of people who prevented them from leaving the arrival hall. The entourages of MRP members were held at the airport for six hours until they were finally forced to returned to Jayapura on Sunday afternoon.
Translated by James Balowski for Indoleft News. The original title of the article was “Ditangkap karena Dugaan Makar, Awalnya Peserta RDP Otsus Papua Dibubarkan karena Langgar Protokol Kesehatan”.
‘They dragged me down, arrested me’
Pacific Media Watch reports that people arrested tell a different story of harsh treatment. Wensislaus Fatubun, a former diplomat, human rights defender and documentary film maker who visited New Zealand in 2018, said in a statement:
November 17:
“While I was sitting in front of the hotel, the Merauke police chief and his men came to the hotel. Several police officers carried rifles. They dragged me down [from] the hotel, [ransacked] my room, arrested me and handcuffed me along with other hotel residents.
“Before arresting me, the police chief asked me about my origin, my job, what were my interests in Merauke. I had a debate with the police chief and argued, because they asked for my ID card.
“After conducting the search, I was handcuffed by the police officers to the Dalmas [armoured] car. Cell phones, wallets, laptop bags, laptops and several other items except clothes and shoes were also transported to the police for examination as evidence.
“In the Dalmas car, besides me there were several MRP members, staff and RDP participants who stayed with us.
“I saw that the coordinator of the MRP RDP Team, two MRP staff and a participant were handcuffed just like me.
“At around 1055 Papuan time, we arrived at the Merauke Police. I and 4 other people were still handcuffed. The handcuffs were removed when we sat down to inspect our belongings.
“All the people who were arrested were gathered at the Merauke police hall. Our belongings that were secured by the police officers were checked and we were asked to hand over the report of the evidence.
“After that we just sat down. We purchased our own lunch. We also bought drinking water ourselves.
“At around 1600 Papua time, we began to undergo investigations.
“I was examined separately in a separate room by the officer. I was asked about my personal identity, family, RDP MRP, my job and the source of the RDP MRP costs. I gave a statement but refused to sign it.
“One night we stayed at the Merauke police hall. Everyone [who was] arrested. In the hall, police officers did not pay attention to health protocols.
November 18
“At around 09.05 Papuan time, I was called again by the officers to ask for information about the RDP MRP manual, and more specifically point 3 the objectives of the MRP RDP.
“Point 3 is written about the MRP RDP for OAP to determine their own fate. I explained that self-determination needs to be well understood and not just a referendum but also needs to be linked to human rights, particularly the principles of FPIC.
“At around 1400 Papua time, two MRP members, me and MRP staff signed a statement letter made by the Merauke police.
“At around 1645, we were declared free. However, some items were detained, namely my belongings, belongings of the team coordinator, members of the MRP, and some money.”
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