2) Police, TNI Personnel Deployed to Papua to Hunt Down Criminal Armed Group
3) Commemoration of 1 May, historical controversy between Papuans and the Indonesian government
4) Internet in Papua Disrupted Due to Disconnection at Submarine Cable
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1) The security apparatus in Ilaga continues to be added
Reporter: Hengky Yeimo. May 1, 2021 10:00 pm
Papua No. 1 News Portal | Jubi
Jayapura, Jubi - A number of residents in Ilaga, the capital of Puncak Regency, Papua, said that the security forces on Saturday (1/5/2021) brought additional troops to Ilaga. The addition of joint TNI / Polri troops in Ilaga occurred after the shooting that killed the Head of the Papua Regional State Intelligence Agency, Brigadier General TNI I Gusti Putu Danny Nugraha Karya in Beoga, Puncak Regency, on Sunday (25/4/2021).
One resident who declined to be identified by name said that the sending of additional troops to Ilaga on Saturday took place from 08.00 - 13.00 WP. The additional troops were allegedly brought from Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency, to Ilaga by plane.
"Apart from [being brought in by] an airplane, there were also two helicopters that landed in Ilaga." The two helicopters also deployed TNI / Polri troops to Ilaga. We don't know the number, but today there are additional officers, ”he said.
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Another Jubi source said the addition of security forces made residents worried. Residents from several villages in Mayuberi, Ilaga and Gome Districts left their homes, still surviving in a number of safer locations, such as church yards. “The residents fled to the church yard and their families. As of April 30th, a number of residents who had fled have yet to return to their hometowns, ”said the source when contacted on Saturday.
He said civilians in Ilaga were uneasy about the troop build-up that took place on Saturday. The residents were worried, because they saw the addition of fully armed security forces.
"Today civil society is worried about dropping off the security apparatus. The people in Ilaga feel insecure because most of the TNI / Polri troops will carry out firing boxes, and people are afraid to fall victim to the wrong target, "he said.
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Another Jubi source said residents living on the outskirts of the settlement in Ilaga left their homes, choosing to enter the residential center in Ilaga. "The deployment of the security apparatus disturbs civil society activities. Tonight [they] are also worried that there will be gunfire, so that people will not sleep, "he said.
One of the Jubi sources wrote a short message using the local language of the Lanny Tribe that the community was worried about seeing the addition of troops in Ilaga on Saturday. "[We] are also vigilant," he said.
After the shooting that killed the Head of the Papua Regional State Intelligence Agency, Brigadier General I Gusti Putu Danny Nugraha Karya in Beoga, Puncak Regency, on Sunday (25/4/2021) last week, President Joko Widodo has ordered the TNI Commander and the Chief of Police to pursue and arrest all members of armed groups in Papua. On Thursday (29/4/2021), the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD announced that the government had designated armed groups in Papua as a terrorist organization.
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The Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, responded to Mahfud MD's announcement by publishing a press release on the same day. Enembe stated that the TNI / Polri had to make a clear mapping of the TPNPB's whereabouts, so that there would be no more cases of mistaken shooting and wrongful arrests targeting Papuan civilians.
The spokesman for the Governor of Papua, Muhammad Rifai Darus stated that Enembe urged the TNI and Polri to first carry out a mapping of the strength of the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) which covers the distribution of areas, the number of people, and special features that describe the body of the organization.
"This is important, because the governor does not want an incident of wrong shooting and wrong arrest targeting the Papuan civilian population," said Rifai Darus when reading the Papua governor's press release in Jayapura, Thursday.
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Rifai emphasized that the Papua Provincial Government agrees that all actions carried out by a group of people claiming to be part of the KKB are disturbing actions. The act also violates the law and injures the basic principles of human rights (HAM).
However, Rafai stated that the Papua Provincial Government also believes that the labeling of terrorists to TPNPB will have a psychosocial impact on Papuans who are overseas (outside Papua). It is feared that this will lead to new negative stigmatization for Papuans living outside Papua.
“The Papua Provincial Government has asked the central government and the Indonesian Parliament to conduct a re-assessment of the labeling of the KKB as terrorists. We are of the opinion that the study must be comprehensive, taking into account the social, economic and legal impacts on Papuans in general, ”said Rifai while reading out the press release. (*)
Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G.
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2) Police, TNI Personnel Deployed to Papua to Hunt Down Criminal Armed Group
Translator: Non Koresponden
Editor: Laila Afifa
1 May 2021 23:37 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The joint personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police were sent to Ilaga District, Puncak Regency in Papua, to hunt down criminal armed groups (KKB), which have recently been labeled as terrorists by the Indonesian government.
Chief of Nemangkawi Public Relations Task Force, Police Sr. Commissioner Iqbal Alqudusy, said that the deployment of TNI and police personnel was considered as the state's representation in the community.
"This is done to guard people's activities, as well as the hunting down the KKB that are now called terrorist groups," he said Saturday, May 1.
He added that it was also due to the massive terror and violence spread by the armed groups to the people or the security apparatus.
One of the recent incidents was the death of Papua Chief of State Intelligence Agency (BIN), Major General (Anumerta) I Gusti Putu Danny Nugraha Karya in Beoga District, Puncak Regency on Sunday, April 25.
Previously, Papuan armed groups killed two teachers in Beoga, as well as an ojek driver and a high school student in Ilaga district.
"The massive terror spread by these groups has forced the government to take firm action by changing the term KKB into terrorist," Alqudusy remarked.
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3) Commemoration of 1 May, historical controversy between Papuans and the Indonesian government
Reporter: Hengky Yeimo. May 2, 2021 12:27 am
Papua No. 1 News Portal | Jubi
Commemoration of 1 May 1963 held by Papuan students in Gorontalo. - Doc. Papuan Gorontalo students
Jayapura, Jubi - Chairperson of the Papuan Student Association or Imapa Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Matius Wonda said that the events of 1 May 1963 have always been a historical controversy between Papuans and the Indonesian government. This historical controversy is one of the root causes of the Papua conflict.
Matius Wonda said that May 1, 1963 was understood by the Papuans as an event of the annexation of Papua by the Indonesian government. On the other hand, the Indonesian government declared May 1, 1963 the day of integration of Papua into part of Indonesia.
“May 1st for Papuans is the day on which the Indonesian state illegally annexed the Papuan people into the Republic of Indonesia. Meanwhile, for the Jakarta national group, 1 May 1963 means the day of integration with Papua into the Republic of Indonesia, ”said Wonda when contacted by Jubi via phone call, Saturday (1/5/2021).
Wonda said May 1, 1963 had a different meaning for the colonialists and global imperialists. The events of May 1, 1963 are understood to them as the implementation of the 1962 New York Agreement, in which the United States, the Netherlands, and Indonesia made political compromises during the Cold War.
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“Indonesia made a compromise with the United States to seize Papua Land as a gold producer. [Understanding the history of 1 May 1963] that is what has become the problem and controversy that is gaping in the Land of Papua, "he said.
Wonda said the political compromise between the United States, Indonesia and the Netherlands was at the expense of civil society in Papua, because May 1, 1963 was the beginning of a long series of violence and human rights violations in Papua. Violence and human rights violations have continued until now, including in the current armed conflict in Puncak Regency, Papua.
“The Papuan people feel political pressure, human rights violations, ingrained racism. The escalation of the conflict [occurred] with the increase in military operations in West Papua. That is a form of violation for the civil society in Papua, "he said.
Wonda said that although cases of human rights violations, exploitation of natural resources, and acts of racism have always been repeated and experienced by Papuans, the Jakarta national group has always celebrated May 1 as a day of victory to make West Papua part of the Republic of Indonesia. Meanwhile, the understanding of the history of the Papuan people remains ignored by the Jakarta nationalist group.
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"In the midst of the Jakarta nationalist group and the international colonialist group, there are people of the Melanesian race, the people of the Papuan nation who are in a position of powerlessness. [We] are subordinated to power and are often seen as terrorists, separatists, and enemies that must be eliminated. [It is an irony for the indigenous children who were driven from their land, their homes, their valleys and the mountains themselves, "he said.
Wonda said the move by the Jakarta elite to label the armed group of the West Papua National Liberation Army as terrorists was felt by Papuans as a reference to Papuans. “Whereas [those who] killed West Papuan children on their own land and honorary became the heroes of the republic. This is a racial discrimination that also makes Papuans fight, "he said.
Wonda said that until now, injustice, human rights violations, the massacre of the West Papuan people, the monopoly on natural resources, and the half-hearted Papuan Special Autonomy continue to be carried out. "So, we students think that the commemoration of May 1, 1963 can be interpreted as an annexation day and the commencement of colonization over Papua," said Wonda.
In Gorontalo, Papuan students also held a press conference commemorating May 1. The spokesman for Papuan students in Gorontalo, Enky Boma, emphasized that they interpreted the events of May 1, 1963 as the day of annexation of Papuans into Indonesia's bosom.
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"We plan to take to the streets [and carry out] a protest action. However, because Muslims were fasting, we canceled the action and held a press conference, ”said Boma.
Boma said Indonesia supported by the United States annexed Papua by force. "So, we firmly reject the extension [of enforcement of] Special Autonomy for Papua Volume II. We also firmly reject the formation of the New Autonomous Region, ”he said.
In his oration at the Cenderawasih Dormitory, Gorontalo City, Malfred Enambere stated that the students also demanded the withdrawal of non-organic and organic military personnel from all over Papua. The students also demanded the right of self-determination. "The presence of the military in Tanah Papua further adds to the cycle of violence in Tanah Papua," he told Jubi.
Deli Wenda, another Papuan student added that his party also rejected the labeling of terrorists from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). According to him, this labeling is a form of annihilation of Melanesians in Papua, because it can add more victims. (*)
Jubi journalist, Syam Terrajana also contributed in writing this news.
Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G.
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4) Internet in Papua Disrupted Due to Disconnection at Submarine Cable
Translator: Non Koresponden
Editor: Laila Afifa
1 May 2021 21:53 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The service of Indonesian telecommunication company (PT Telkom Indonesia) in Jayapura, Papua, was disrupted on Friday night, April 30, at 19:40.
The disruption was due to the disconnection at the submarine cable of Biak-Sarmi line of the Sulawesi Maluku Papua Cable System (SMPCS).
“We're so sorry for the inconvenience for the customer and the people in Jayapura and the vicinities who are affected,” said Telkom Vice President of Corporate Communication, Pujo Pramono, in a written statement on Saturday, May 1.
Pujo said telephone and SMS services had returned to normal on the same day at 22:45. Meanwhile, the data services; either fixed or mobile broadband, were still in the quality recovery process. It is done gradually by optimizing the satellite capacity, IP terrestrial radio communication system, as well as supports from other infrastructures, including the utilization of East Palapa Ring network.
"We're trying to speed-up [the recovery process] to restore the service quality," said Pujo regarding the Telkom services in Jayapura, Papua.
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