1) Papua PON: IPDN, Navy dispatch team to expedite vaccinations

2) Hundreds of West Papuans in Maybrat fled hometowns after attack on military post

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1) Papua PON: IPDN, Navy dispatch team to expedite vaccinations 

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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The State Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) and the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) have dispatched a joint team to help accelerate the vaccination program in Papua province ahead of the 2020 National Sports Week (PON).

IPDN Rector Hadi Prabowo and the Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Yudo Margono, flagged off a COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force at Suma 2 Building, Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, here on Wednesday.

The joint task force comprises 81 personnel -- 55 officers from TNI AL, 20 officers from IPDN, and 6 volunteers.


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They will collaborate with the Papuan team that comprises personnel from the regional military command, police, naval base, and government, Prabowo informed.

The IPDN rector said that the task force left for Papua on board the Indonesian Air Force’s Hercules aircraft.

"They will spend the night in Ambon before continuing the flight to Papua on the following day," he added.

Upon their arrival, the task force will immediately help the regional vaccination team to conduct the program at the Papua Governor's Office on Thursday, he said.


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The health and support personnel sent by the institute are led by head of the IPDN Manggala Unit, Brigadier General Dodi Marsidy, as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Government Politics, Andi Pitono, Prabowo stated.

Regarding the accommodation, he said the task force will stay at the IPDN Papua regional campus in Sentani sub-district, Jayapura district, Papua. Moreover, a vaccination program will also be held at the campus on September 13, 2021, he informed.

The program will continue in other regions in Jayapura district on September 14, 2021 and in Keerom district on September 15-16, 2021, he said.

Meanwhile, the vaccination program at the institute's central campus in Jatinangor sub-district, Sumedang district, West Java will be conducted on September 17-18, 2021, the rector informed.

Under the program, the second vaccine dose will be administered to 5,264 people living around the campus, he added. 


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Reporter: Boyke Watra, Uyu Liman
Editor: Fardah Assegaf

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2) Hundreds of West Papuans in Maybrat fled hometowns after attack on military post

News Desk September 8, 2021 6:46 pm

Jayapura, Jubi – The chairman of the Lay Apostolic Commission for the Manokwari-Sorong Diocese, Isak Bame, has reported that residents from five districts in Maybrat Regency are fleeing their villages after the attack on the military post in Kisor Village, South Aifat District on September 2, 2021, which led to security forces sweeping villages searching for the culprit.

 

According to Bame, the displaced people comprise the people of South Aifat District, East Aifat District, Middle East Aifat District, Southeast Aifat District, and Far East Aifat District. Hundreds of people ran to the forest in an attempt to avoid the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police.

 

Bame hoped the authorities would ensure that civilians did not become victims in the recent conflict. “We ask for the prayer and support of our fellow priests and all Papuan people so that civilians do not become victims of neither the TNI and police nor the TPNPB [West Papua National Liberation Army],” the priest told Jubi on Monday, September 9, 2021.

He further said that it was also difficult for priests and church leaders to reach these displaced people as the bridge to Aisa Village in East Aifat, as well as to Ainesra Village in Far East Aifat had been damaged by unknown people. The bridges in Fuog Village and Sabah Village in South Aifat were also damaged, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.

 

“It is just sad that the activities of the people have been hampered [due to armed conflict]. We are still accommodating some residents who fled near the St. Andreas Parish in Ayata [Middle East Aifat],” said Bame.

 

Bame said more security personnel were deployed to Maybrat. They were seen building checkpoints in Kisor and Sesemuk. Security forces were also seen increasing in numbers in Ayamaru District.

 

“We hope that the TNI and police do not act [recklessly] against the civilians on the run or those in villages,” he said.

 

Head of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) of Maybrat Yohanes Assem confirmed the information on displaced people from five districts in Maybrat. “That’s right, the civilians are evacuating. But we don’t know how many people have fled due to our distance and they fled in a state of panic. So we can’t say for sure yet,” he said.

 

Assem warned the TNI and police not to fight civilians or put them in clashes between the security forces and the TPNPB. “Don’t let the civilians become victims because of the steps taken by the TNI and police searching for the TPNPB,” said Assem.

 

Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman also tweeted on Monday about the latest situation in Maybrat. “A new wave of displacement of thousands of people from 19 villages in Maybrat, West Papua. They are running away from raids by Indonesian security forces following the killings of four soldiers by the West Papua National Liberation Army last week,” Koman said.

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A new wave of displacement of thousands of people from 19 villages in Maybrat, West Papua. They are running away from raids by Indonesian security forces following the killings of four soldiers by the West Papua National Liberation Army last week.

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Previously, lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy Maikel said the military had wrongfully arrested two civilians, Maikel Yaam (17) and Simon Waymbewer (26), for allegedly being involved in the attack on Kisor Military Post. Warinussy said that according to a report received by his party, the two were not part of an armed group. He urged the military commander to release Yaam and Waymbewer.

 

Reporter: Hengky Yeimo

Editor: Aryo Wisanggeni G

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