Sunday, May 30, 2021

1) 10 suspected of planning suicide bombings in Papua's Merauke, held


2) There is no 'evil troop' in Papua: top military officer  
3) Slain police officer buried at Jayapura's Abepura Christian cemetery  

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1) 10 suspected of planning suicide bombings in Papua's Merauke, held  
4 hours ago
Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, has arrested 10 persons suspected of planning suicide bombings in Merauke, Papua.

The 10 terror suspects have been detained since Friday (May 28, 2021), chief of the Merauke district police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Untung Sangaji, said on Saturday.

The suspects allegedly planned to carry out suicide bombings at several churches in Merauke, Jagebob, Kurik, Semangga, and Tanah Miring, he informed.

But upon finding police personnel on standby at the sites they were targeting, the suspects' acts of terror could be foiled, he added.

Police are still investigating the case, he said.

Asked about which group the terror suspects belong to, he said police are still working to uncover the case.

"To be sure, they were arrested in different places in Merauke," he added. 

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Reporter: Evarukdijati/Suharto
Editor: Rahmad Nasution


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2) There is no 'evil troop' in Papua: top military officer  
1 hour ago

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command Maj.Gen.Ignatius Yogo Triyono has denied narratives of the presence of so called "evil troop" in Papua as circulated through social media platforms.

"There is no 'evil troop' as narrated through the social media platforms. The narratives are not true at all," he told ANTARA in Jayapura on Saturday.

The arriving soldiers are from the 315/Garuda Battalion personnel whose coat of arms is "Garuda".

They would be stationed in the districts of Mimika, Asmat, and Mappi to replace their counterparts from the 756 Infantry Battalion (Yonif 756) who had completed their duties. Therefore, the soldiers were not additional army personnel, he said.

Triyono said the current situation in this Indonesia's easternmost province is relatively conducive but the soldiers stationed there are suggested to keep staying alert.

In carrying out the law enforcement operations against armed Papuan terrorist groups, the army personnel would synergize with their counterparts from the National Police, he added.

Early this week, Indonesian naval ship KRI Banjarmasin-592, with 400 soldiers onboard, departed from North Jakarta's Military Naval Command (Kolinlamil) Pier for Papua's Merauke Port.

The deployment of soldiers from the Siliwangi Regional Military Command's infantry battalion is aimed at replacing their counterparts, who had been on duty for 10 months.

Those having accomplished their duties in safeguarding Papua Province, which still experiences security disturbances, will be withdrawn and sent back to their units.

Over the course of the past five months, Papua has borne the brunt of a string of violent attacks by armed separatist terrorist groups targeting security personnel and innocent civilians in districts, such as Puncak, Intan Jaya, Yahukimo, and Pegunungan Bintang.

The armed groups often employ hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel while unleashing acts of terror against civilians to trigger fear among people.

Ojek drivers, teachers, students, and street food vendors, among others, have fallen victims to their terror acts. Civilian aircraft too have been the targets of such attacks.

In reinforcing law enforcement operations against the armed terrorist groups in the districts of Yahukimo and Pegunungan Bintang, the Papua Police recently dispatched two platoons of mobile brigade (Brimob) personnel.

Each of the platoons were deployed to Dekai Sub-district in Yahukimo and Oksibil Sub-district in Pegunungan Bintang respectively following the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to four others during separate attacks last week.

Following this deployment, Dekai received two platoons of Brimob personnel, while Oksibil has got one platoon, Papua Police Chief Inspector General Mathius D. Fakhiri noted.

Related news: TNI HQ confirms no additional deployment of troops in Papua
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Reporter: Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Suharto


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3) Slain police officer buried at Jayapura's Abepura Christian cemetery  
1 hour ago  

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The coffin of slain police officer 1st Brigadier Sanoi had been transported to Sentani Airport in Jayapura District to be buried at the Abepura Christian cemetery on Sunday.

Sanoi was assaulted and killed by several armed Papuan terrorists while he was securing the Oksamol police precinct in Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua Province, in the early hours of May 28, 2021.

The fallen police officer's coffin was flown by a Sam Air's aircraft to Sentani Airport for the burial, Pegunungan Bintang Police Chief Adjunct Sen.Coms.Cahyo Sukarnito told ANTARA.

The local police investigators are probing the murder case, he said, adding Sanoi was assaulted and killed while he was securing the police precinct alone.

The attackers did not just kill the police officer who had been stationed at the police precinct since 2018 but they also grabbed three firearms.

Over the course of the last few years, armed Papuan terrorist groups have employed hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel and mounted acts of terror against civilians in several districts, including Intan Jaya, Nduga, and Puncak, to create a sense of fear among the people.

Construction workers, motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, teachers, students, street food vendors, and also civilian aircraft were the recent targets of such terror acts.

On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan rebels brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya that were engaged in the construction of the Trans Papua project in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi sub-district, Nduga District.

On the same day, the armed attackers also killed a soldier, identified as Handoko, and injured two other security personnel, Sugeng and Wahyu.

Such acts of violence have continued this year. On January 6, 2021, at least 10 armed separatist terrorists vandalized and torched a Quest Kodiak aircraft belonging to the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) on the Pagamba village airstrip.

On February 8, 2021, a 32-year-old man was shot at close range in Bilogai Village, Sugapa Sub-district.

The victim, identified by his initials as RNR, sustained gunshot wounds on the face and right shoulder and was shifted to the Timika Public Hospital in Mimika District on February 9.

In a separate incident on February 9, six armed Papuans fatally stabbed a motorcycle taxi (ojek) driver.

On April 8, 2021, several armed Papuan rebels opened fire at a kiosk in Julukoma Village, Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District.

The shooting resulted in the death of a Beoga public elementary school teacher, identified as Oktovianus Rayo.

After killing Rayo, the armed attackers torched three classrooms at the Beoga public senior high school.

On April 9, 2021, armed separatists reportedly fatally shot another teacher, Yonatan Randen, on the chest.

Two days later, nine classrooms at the Beoga public junior high school were set ablaze by an armed group.

Barely four days later, Ali Mom, a student of the Ilaga public senior high school in Beoga Sub-district, was brutally killed by armed attackers.

On April 25, 2021, Papuan separatists operating in Beoga ambushed State Intelligence Agency (Papua) Chief Maj. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha and several security personnel while they were visiting Dambet Village.

Following Nugraha's fatal shooting, President Joko Widodo ordered the TNI and National Police to track down and arrest all members of armed separatist and terrorist groups operating in Papua while stressing that there is no place for them within the Indonesian territory.

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Reporter: Evarukdijati, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Suharto


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