2) The leadership of the TPNPB-OPM Kodap III is concerned about the condition of Victor Yeimo
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1) Land dispute in the construction of four National Games venues
News Desk August 19, 2021 2:44 pm
Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D Fakhiri said that there were at least four venues that were still under 50 percent in progress ahead of the 20th National Games (Papua PON) in October. Fakhiri said this was related to the problem of payment of customary rights.
In East Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, the residents of Harapan Village blocked the construction site of the Papua PON’s aquatic venue.
“It was blocked by a large family of the Ohee tribe who disputes over an eight-hectare land. Construction activities and operations for shifting venue equipment have been stopped there,” Fakhiri said on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, as quoted by CNN Indonesia.
He said that the police were making a soft approach so that the venue construction could continue, especially given a short time left before the national games start taking place.
According to Fakhiri, the problem is being handled by the Papua Provincial Government’s Legal Bureau and the Papua Police’s General Criminal Investigation Directorate. The police, he said, would prioritize a cultural approach in solving this problem.
“I remind all the stakeholders that the mechanism for solving this problem should not violate the law. Yesterday I already checked the problematic venues along with the chairman of the Papua PON committee and the military commander, the local governments will arrange the compensation matter,” he said.
“We, the Papuan Police, will help to push it to the provincial government while prioritizing a cultural approach,” he added.
Papua Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Ahmad Musthofa Kamal said that the police had formed a law enforcement team to handle unsolved problems at the venue and provide assistance to the demands of the community.
Police were also deployed to anticipate and secure if the impediments continued in the vicinity of the venue construction areas.
In July, President Joko Widodo ensured that the Papua PON would be held as planned on October 2 to 15. Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali said that the event had been being carried out based on objective calculations in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
“The president demands the national games to continue after seeing reports from the Ministry, the Papua Governor and the chairman of the National Sports Council [KONI] concluding we can still proceed unless there will be situations other than we previously anticipated,” Amali said.
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2) The leadership of the TPNPB-OPM Kodap III is concerned about the condition of Victor Yeimo
Reporter: Hengky Yeimo August 20, 2021 12:26 am
Papua No. 1 News Portal | Jubi
Photo illustration, demonstration of residents of Yahukimo, Papua, on Monday (16/8/2021) demanding the release of Victor Yeimo. - Jubi/Piter Lokon
Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the Media Division of the West Papua National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Organization or TPNPB-OPM Regional Defense Command or Kodap III Ndugama – Darakma, Rambo Lokbere expressed concern about the health condition of Victor Yeimo, spokesman for the West Papua National Committee who was accused of treason. He stated that Victor Yeimo was a fighter for the civil movement who defended the rights of the small people, but was oppressed by the state.
“We are personally very concerned about the condition of our friend. [We ask] the Papuan Police Chief and the Jayapura District Attorney to listen to Victor Yeimo's situation," said Rambo Lokbere when contacted by Jubi by telephone on Thursday (18/7/2021).
Victor Yeimo is the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) and the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) who was arrested by the police on May 9, 2021. Yeimo was later named a suspect in treason because he was considered involved in the anti-racism demonstrations in Papua in August 2019. He is currently being held in detention in Papua. Papua Regional Brimob Unit Headquarters.
Read also: Pre-trial hearing of the Victor Yeimo case begins
The Papuan anti-racism demonstrations in 2019 were a series of demonstrations by tens of thousands of people in various cities in Papua and Indonesia to protest racism remarks made by people in TNI uniforms to Papuan students in Surabaya on August 16, 2019. However, many participants demonstrations, including activists in Papua, who were convicted of treason or against the authorities.
TAPOL, a non-governmental organization that campaigns for human rights, peace and democracy in Indonesia, published a report entitled West Papua 2019 Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly on August 12, 2020. The report noted that in 2019 there were 20 people who died in the dispersal of various demonstrations. Papuan anti-racism. In addition, more than 1,500 residents were arrested in demonstrations or meetings about Papua, including Victor Yeimo, who is now also a suspect in treason.
Rambo Lokbere said Victor Yeimo had no wrongdoing. According to Lokbere, Victor Yeimo voiced what Papuans felt when they saw incidents of racism against Papuans. Lokbere also emphasized that Victor Yeimo was a civil movement activist who had never been involved with TPNPB-OPM military activities.
Read also: Papuan Church Youth asks Victor Yeimo's health check results
“I hope [law enforcement officials] will immediately ease his right to life, and transfer [Victor Yeimo] to the Abepura Penitentiary. Victor Yeimo is not the military leader of the TPNPB-OPM in Papua. He is just a mouthpiece for his people who are in need of help,” Lokbere said.
Lokbere also protested against the policy of detaining Victor Yeimo at the Papua Regional Mobile Brigade Headquarters. “The way you detained him in the stuffy Brimob Mako Rutan was a trick to kill physically and mentally as well as Victor Yeimo's spirit of peaceful struggle. Immediately release Victor Yeimo from Mako Brimob custody," he said.
The head of the West Papua Baptist Youth, Sepi Wanimbo, asked the government to immediately release Victor Yeimo. He questioned the reasons for the arrest and detention of Victor Yeimo, who was considered involved in the anti-racism demonstrations in Papua in 2019. “Victor Yeimo was arrested on May 9, 2021. That is very unreasonable, because Victor, as a victim of racism, was made a suspect [treason] and was detained at the Mako Brimom. , said Wanimbo.
Also read: PH Victor Yeimo continues to collect the results of his client's health check
Wanimbo deplored the lightness of punishment for perpetrators of racist remarks against Papuan students in Surabaya on August 16, 2019. When compared to the punishment for perpetrators of racism, Wanimbo assessed that Victor Yeimo's treatment was unfair. He emphasized that Victor Yeimo was part of the victims of Papuan racism, but instead he was convicted.
“The arrest and detention of Victor Yeimo is a form of legal injustice in Indonesia. As legal laymen, we understand and understand that Indonesia is a legal state, so all Indonesian people must be treated fairly. We see today that innocent people are subject to certain articles to be imprisoned,” said Wanimbo.
Wanimbo emphasized that law enforcement officers in Indonesia should strictly carry out legal processes against officials who act racially or make racial remarks that demean the dignity of Papuans. “We Papuans are not monkeys. We are perfect humans, just like humans in other countries. We as educated, educated people, and believe in God understand very well, understand the Bible law has been recorded neatly, that humans with curly hair and black skin were created by God Himself,” he said. (*)
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