1) Papua: 14 TNI personnel to face questioning over civilian death

2) Global Update - Statement by Nada Al-Nashif UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights 

3) Arfak Mountains police has yet to tackle illegal gold mining due to budget constraints 

4) Three students detained by Jayawijaya police for taking down govt signboard 

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1) Papua: 14 TNI personnel to face questioning over civilian death  

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Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Fourteen personnel from the Infantry Battalion Raider 600/Modang will be questioned by the Merauke Military Police Sub-Detachment over the death of a civilian in Mememu Village, Edera Sub-district, Mappi District, Papua Province.

"The 14 soldiers are scheduled to arrive in Merauke on Wednesday (September 14, 2022),” Commander of the Cendrawasih Regional Military Command XVII, Major General Muhammad Saleh Mustafa, informed in Jayapura, Papua, on Monday.

The civilian, identified as Bruno Amenim Kimko, died on August 30 at the command post of Infantry Battalion Raider 600/Modang, which adjoins the state border security task force post.

One of the 14 personnel who will undergo questioning is the commander of the command post.

Mustafa said that none of the personnel have been named as suspects in the case.

However, if any of them is found to be involved, then he will be processed legally even though the case has been settled customarily, he added.

"The case will constantly be processed in accordance with the law," he said.

Kimko and his friend, Norbertus Kanggun, were reportedly detained at the command post of the infantry battalion after village residents reported them and took them to the post.

It is unclear why they were reported to the command post.

Kimko died while Kanggun sustained injuries. Kimko was buried on September 1 at a public cemetery in the village. 

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Editor: Rahmad Nasution

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West Papua mentioned in the

2) Global Update - Statement by Nada Al-Nashif UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights 

12 September 2022

"In the Papua region (Papua and West Papua Provinces) of Indonesia, we have reports of intensified violence, including clashes between the Indonesian security forces and armed groups resulting in unknown numbers of civilian casualties and fatalities and internal displacement. I am shocked by recent reports of the dismembered bodies of four indigenous Papuan civilians found outside Timika in West Papua Province on 22 August. I note the Government’s initial efforts to investigate, including the arrest of at least six military personnel, and urge a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation, holding those responsible to account."

https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/09/global-update-statement-nada-al-nashif-un-acting-high-commissioner-human-rights

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3) Arfak Mountains police has yet to tackle illegal gold mining due to budget constraints   

Illegal Gold Mining - News Desk 

12 September 2022

Manokwari, Jubi TV – The Arfak Mountains Police in West Papua has yet to take law enforcement measures against illegal gold mining perpetrators in the region due to budget constraints.

Arfak Mountains Police chief Comr. Isaac Hosio confirmed from Manokwari in a phone call on Saturday that curbing efforts could only be done through appeals to the public not to carry out illegal mining activities.

“We have not been able to carry out law enforcement efforts in the mining sector because we have not been supported by the DIPA (Budget Implementation List),” said Hosio, as quoted by Antara.

However, he said, the Criminal Investigation Unit has been ordered to collect field data related to illegal gold mining activities under the jurisdiction of the Arfak Mountains Police.

“Our members from the Arfak Mountains Police Criminal Investigation Unit are now conducting an inventory of these activities in the Minyambouw District, as well as campaigning so that there are no illegal mining activities there,” he said.

Hosio added that his party was still deepening the existence of cooperatives that allegedly coordinate groups of entrepreneurs and hundreds of workers in illegal gold mining activities in the region.

“Regarding the existence of the cooperative, we are still investigating it. The handling of illegal mining must go hand in hand with the local government, otherwise, the security forces will clash with the customary owners,” Hosio explained.

Meanwhile, in Wasirawi Village, Mansi District, Manokwari Regency, illegal gold mining activities are allegedly still being carried out by a group of mining entrepreneurs who have never been touched by the law.

One of the illegal gold mining entrepreneurs in the Manokwari-Tambrauw area contacted by Jubi, Slamet, has not provided information regarding the reasons why his group still persists in carrying out mining in the two areas (Manokwari-Tambrauw).

Illegal gold mining activities in the Arfak Mountains and Manokwari have become the attention of the West Papua government after Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia ordered that illegal mines in these two areas be closed. The minister made his statement during his working visit in Manokwari in June. (*)

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https://en.jubi.id/three-students-detained-by-jayawijaya-police-for-taking-down-govt-signboard/

4) Three students detained by Jayawijaya police for taking down govt signboard   

Students Detained For Alleged Vandalism - News Desk 

12 September 2022

Wamena, Jubi – The action of 11 students who took down the signboard “Governor Office of Mountainous Papua Province” in front of the Wamena Education Agency, Jayawijaya, on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, led to police arrests.

After being questioned by police, eight students were released, while three are now still in detention. The three students are Hengky Hilapok, head of the Jayawijaya Student Association (HMPJ), Opinus Asso, head of the Jayawijaya Regency Student Association (HMKJ) and Lukas Dabby (HMPJ member). All three are students of the Amal Ilmiah Yapis University in Wamena,

Meanwhile, the other eight students who were released on Thursday, September 8, 2022, are as follows:

1. Sepianus Lokobal. student of Amal Ilmiah University Yapis Wamena

2. Anike Ikinia, student of Amal Ilmiah University Yapis Wamena

3. Iren Siep, D3 nursing student in Wamena

4. Maria Walilo, D3 nursing student in Wamena

5. Alvin Hilapok, student of STIMIK Agamau Wamena

6. Januarius Siep, student of STIMIK Agamau Wamena

7. Niko Wetipo Stikom Jayapura alumni

8. Konius Doga, student of STIKER Wamena

Jayawijaya Police chief Adj. Sr. Come. Hesman S. Napitupulu confirmed that the three students had vandalized the office of the Mountainous Papua Province. He said that the signboard was installed on behalf of the state, therefore, the three students would be prosecuted.

Beni Wetipo, the lawyer of the three students, said his party had coordinated and met with the head of the Wamena Education Agency to withdraw their report.

According to Wetipo, Article 170 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code on violence against persons or objects, which was used by the police to charge the three students, was too excessive. The article that should be charged, he said, was Article 406 on vandalism. He hoped that the Wamena Education Agency head would immediately withdraw his report. (*)

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