2) Police Record Around 150 Joining Papuan Armed Criminal Group
3) Papuans take to streets in 3 cities to protest armed conflict in Papua, Palestina
4) Armed Papuan separatist killed in gunfight
5) KKB in Puncak Regency Has 70 Firearms: Papua Police Chief
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1) Two platoons of Brimob personnel dispatched to Papua's Dekai, Oksibil
10 hours ago
Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D. Fakhiri (ANTARA/Evarukdijati)
Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Papua police have dispatched two platoons of mobile brigade (Brimob) personnel to the districts of Yahukimo and Pegunungan Bintang to reinforce law enforcement operations against armed Papuan terrorists there.
Each of the platoons had been 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 this 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 in a statement that ANTARA quoted here, Friday.
On Tuesday (May 18), a group of armed Papuan terrorists ambushed 12 soldiers in Pegunungan Bintang District, resulting in leg injuries to four of the army personnel.
On that day, they also assaulted two members of Indonesia's elite unit of Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) -- M. Alif Nur Angkotasan and Ardi Yudi Ardianto -- while they were safeguarding the construction process of Dekai Airport's security fencing system.
The 12 soldiers went to Oksibil, the capital of Pegunungan Bintang District, for shopping. On their way back to Serambakon Sub-district, their car's engine suddenly malfunctioned while passing through a wooden bridge of Yapimakot Village.
While checking the car's engine, the soldiers were suddenly attacked by Papuan separatists. A gunfight broke out in which four soldiers suffered leg injuries.
The injured soldiers are identified as Master Sergeant Dian Hardiana, Master Private Kuku Ismail, 2nd Sergeant Sukrisdianto, and 1st Private Romi.
The army and police personnel are striving to hunt down and arrest the perpetrators, who killed two soldiers and wounded four others, Fakhiri stated.
Fakhiri called on security personnel to exercise vigil while operating in high-risk areas to prevent terrorists from grabbing firearms and ammunition.
"Do not allow ourselves to become the suppliers of firearms and ammunition for the armed groups," he affirmed.
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.
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Each of the platoons had been 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 this 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 in a statement that ANTARA quoted here, Friday.
On Tuesday (May 18), a group of armed Papuan terrorists ambushed 12 soldiers in Pegunungan Bintang District, resulting in leg injuries to four of the army personnel.
On that day, they also assaulted two members of Indonesia's elite unit of Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) -- M. Alif Nur Angkotasan and Ardi Yudi Ardianto -- while they were safeguarding the construction process of Dekai Airport's security fencing system.
The 12 soldiers went to Oksibil, the capital of Pegunungan Bintang District, for shopping. On their way back to Serambakon Sub-district, their car's engine suddenly malfunctioned while passing through a wooden bridge of Yapimakot Village.
While checking the car's engine, the soldiers were suddenly attacked by Papuan separatists. A gunfight broke out in which four soldiers suffered leg injuries.
The injured soldiers are identified as Master Sergeant Dian Hardiana, Master Private Kuku Ismail, 2nd Sergeant Sukrisdianto, and 1st Private Romi.
The army and police personnel are striving to hunt down and arrest the perpetrators, who killed two soldiers and wounded four others, Fakhiri stated.
Fakhiri called on security personnel to exercise vigil while operating in high-risk areas to prevent terrorists from grabbing firearms and ammunition.
"Do not allow ourselves to become the suppliers of firearms and ammunition for the armed groups," he affirmed.
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.
Related news: Attackers of 12 soldiers likely from Lamek Taplo-led group: military
Related news: Fallen soldier's coffin buried in Pelauw Village
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2) Police Record Around 150 Joining Papuan Armed Criminal Group
Translator: Dewi Elvia Muthiariny
Editor: Laila Afifa
20 May 2021 10:37 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police recorded that there are around 150 members of the Papuan armed criminal groups. The number was obtained after the police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) mapped all rebel groups in the province.
“Approximately 150 people, the militant members,” said the National Police Head of Public Information Division, Sr. Comr. Ahmad Ramadhan on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
Meanwhile, the police could not reveal the exact number of sympathizers. “We have not yet known how many sympathizers,” he added.
Ramadhan said the police are still hunting down the armed groups, especially after the attack against two soldiers of the Indonesian Army in Nop Goliat Dekai Airport, Yahukimo, on May 18, 2021
The attack reportedly involved up to 20 perpetrators. Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius D Fakhiri asserted that the joint military and police personnel are pursuing perpetrators who seized two SS-2 firearms and four magazines belonging to the two soldiers.
Read: Police Say Not all KKB Papua Members Be Legally Processed
ANDITA RAHMA | ANTARA
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3) Papuans take to streets in 3 cities to protest armed conflict in Papua, Palestina
News Desk May 21, 2021 11:01 pm
CNN Indonesia, Jakarta – Papuan people who are members of civil group Papuan People’s Petition have staged protests in three cities on Friday, May 21, 2021 to voice opposition, among others, against the escalated armed conflict in Papua in the past month.
One of the rally coordinators, Lakar Sime, said that the rally took place in front of the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta, on Jl. Asia Afrika in West Java’s Bandung, and in front of the Yogyakarta Police headquarters in Yogyakarta.
“On today’s protests, we demand the armed conflict in Papua to stop and the government to release the Papuan political prisoner,” Sime told CNNIndonesia.com on Friday.
The people demanded the police to release four Papuans in detention namely Calvin Maolama, Rulland Levy, Simon Magal, and international spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Victor Yeimo.
Other demands voiced by the people including rejecting the government’s plan to continue the Papua Special Autonomy (Otsus), rejecting security approach in solving Papua’s problem and the deployment of excessive security forces in Papua land, as well as rejecting the terrorist label given by the government to the Free Papua Movement (OPM) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB).
Other than expressing their concern on Papuan issues, the Papuans who took to the street also expressed solidarity with the Palestinians. They called for an end to the war in Palestine.
“Please stop the war and violence in Papua, in Palestine. We have witnessed civilians in Papua become victims of violence and wrongly accused of being part of an armed group,” Sime said.
“We also lambaste the government for calling the TPNPB terrorist, the label will only create a new stigma for Papuans and add to the number of civilian victims by the Indonesian Military [TNI] and police,” he added.
In the past month, armed conflict has been mounted between the Indonesian security forces and the TPNPB in Papua’s Puncak Regency, with the TPNPB killed two teachers in Beoga District, burned schools, and shot dead the Papua Spy chief. The TNI and police have been reportedly bombarded a number of villages in Puncak while pursuing and attacking the TPNPB soldiers, following President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s order to capture all members of the armed group.
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4) Armed Papuan separatist killed in gunfight
6 hours ago
Timika, Papua (ANTARA) - A member of Lekagak Telenggen-led separatist terrorist group was shot dead in a gunfight with a joint team of police and military personnel in Maki village, Ilaga sub-district, Puncak district, Papua on Friday.
The joint team managed to bring the situation under control in Ilaga and surrounding areas following the gunfight, chief of the public relations task force of Nemangkawi Operations, Senior Commissioner M Iqbal Alqudusy, informed in a written statement released on Friday.
No injury or fatality was reported on the joint team's side, he said.
The armed rebel who was killed in the gunfight was identified as Welenggen Tabuni, he added.
Another rebel managed to escape towards the Mura area following the exchange of fire and security personnel have launched a hunt for him, Alqudusy said.
The joint team seized a separatist flag (Bintang Kejora), four 5.56-mm rounds of ammunition, a knife, a citizen identity card bearing Tabuni’s name, and several documents during the operation, he added.
Meanwhile, public activities in Ilaga city, starting from the Aminggaru Airport to the traditional market, have remained normal and have even gotten increasingly busy, Alqudusy said.
Over the past five months, Papua has borne the brunt of a string of violent attacks by armed separatist terrorists 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 instill fear among the people. (INE)
Related news: Two platoons of Brimob personnel dispatched to Papua's Dekai, Oksibil
Related news: Fallen soldier's coffin buried in Pelauw Village
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The joint team managed to bring the situation under control in Ilaga and surrounding areas following the gunfight, chief of the public relations task force of Nemangkawi Operations, Senior Commissioner M Iqbal Alqudusy, informed in a written statement released on Friday.
No injury or fatality was reported on the joint team's side, he said.
The armed rebel who was killed in the gunfight was identified as Welenggen Tabuni, he added.
Another rebel managed to escape towards the Mura area following the exchange of fire and security personnel have launched a hunt for him, Alqudusy said.
The joint team seized a separatist flag (Bintang Kejora), four 5.56-mm rounds of ammunition, a knife, a citizen identity card bearing Tabuni’s name, and several documents during the operation, he added.
Meanwhile, public activities in Ilaga city, starting from the Aminggaru Airport to the traditional market, have remained normal and have even gotten increasingly busy, Alqudusy said.
Over the past five months, Papua has borne the brunt of a string of violent attacks by armed separatist terrorists 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 instill fear among the people. (INE)
Related news: Two platoons of Brimob personnel dispatched to Papua's Dekai, Oksibil
Related news: Fallen soldier's coffin buried in Pelauw Village
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