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Nabire, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claims to have shot several Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers in Intan Jaya. According to TPNPB leader Ndulamo Aibon Kogoya, the incident took place at Titigi Post, Titigi Village, Sugapa District on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Kogoya explained that the shooting occurred during a confrontation between TPNPB and the TNI. “When we passed by the post, we encountered three soldiers who were guarding it, then we opened fire. The exchange of gunfire lasted approximately 30 minutes,” said Kogoya.
Kogoya reported that three TNI soldiers were shot during the firefight in Titigi, with one of them dead. However, he was unsure about the condition of the other two soldiers as it was challenging to confirm due to the strong counterattack from the TNI and the police. Kogoya and his troops managed to survive the gunfight.
Additionally, Kogoya mentioned that another clash occurred at 1:25 p.m. Papua time on Tuesday in Bomulinggipa Village.
Furthermore, Kogoya declared that TPNPB would persist in attacking TNI and police forces, demanding the cessation of PT Freeport Indonesia’s mining operations and the annulment of the Wabu Block mining license.
He also expressed their opposition to foreign companies managing Papua’s natural resources and called for the revocation of all permits related to such activities. (*)
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https://en.tempo.co/read/1745097/negotiation-for-new-zealand-pilots-release-with-opm-awaits-mediator
2) Negotiation for New Zealand Pilot's Release With OPM Awaits Mediator
Translator Dewi Elvia Muthiariny. Editor Petir Garda Bhwana. 6 July 2023 13:51 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesperson Rear Admiral Julius Widjojono stated that his side is offering figures who would become a mediator for negotiations with the Free Papua Organization (OPM) in the release of New Zealandpilot Philips Max Mehrtens.
“We are offering [figures] whom they trust,” Julius told Tempo on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
President Joko Jokowi Widodo earlier asserted that the government was striving to free the Susi Air pilot taken hostage by the Papuan rebel group through talks. “We will keep trying, negotiating. In fact, we have done a lot of efforts there, but I cannot disclose them here,” Jokowi said at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, East Jakarta, on Monday, July 3, 2023.
OPM spokesperson, Sebby Sambom, said they welcomed the negotiation.
Julius said the rescue operation prioritizes negotiations that have been getting more intense recently. However, TNI remains alert because the soldier's post is still being attacked by the armed separatist group.
According to Julis, the military troops mobilized in the field are in good cognition as logistical supplies are sufficient. “Logistics cannot win the battle, but without logistics, the battle cannot be won.”
Meanwhile, Sambom said his side has not yet decided who would be the mediator for the negotiations. OPM is still waiting for Jakarta to officially make a statement. “If Jakarta doesn't agree, we will wait,” Sambom told Tempo on Wednesday.
He refused to mention any demands that OPM would bring as a condition for the pilot's release. “Talks about demands usually take place at the negotiation table, not with the media. There will be meetings, negotiations, that’s where demands can be conveyed,” Sambom said.
Philips Max Mehrtens has been held hostage by the OPM since February 7, 2023. The armed group led by Egianus Kogoya also set fire to the Susi Air Pilatus Porter PC 6 aircraft that he was piloting after it landed at Paro Airfield, Nduga district, Papua Highlands province.
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Editor's Choice: OPM Willing to Free New Zealand Pilot Philips Max Mehrtens
An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West Papua by Indonesia and enabling the “stifling” of the Melanesian people’s right to self-determination.
In reaffirming his appeal last May for a royal commission into Australia’s policies over West Papua, author and activist Jim Aubrey alleged Canberra had been a party to “criminal actions” over the Papuan right to UN decolonisation.
In a damning letter to Governor-General David Hurley, Aubrey — author-editor of the 1998 book Free East Timor: Australia’s culpability in East Timor’s genocide, also about Indonesian colonialism — has appealed for the establishment of a royal commission to examine the Australian federal government’s “role as a criminal accessory to Indonesia’s illegal annexation of West Papua and as an accomplice” to more than six decades of “crimes against humanity” in the region.
Aubrey’s statement was issued today marking the 25th anniversary of the Biak massacre when at least eight pro-independence protesters were killed and a further 32 bodies were washed up on the shores of Biak island.
The killings were – like many others in West Papua – were carried out with impunity. Papuan human rights groups claim the Biak death toll was actually 150.
In his document, Aubrey has also accused the Australian government of “maliciously destroying” in 2014 prima facie photographic evidence of the 1998 Biak massacre.
At the request of the Indonesian government in 1969, the Australian government prevented West Papuan political leaders from travelling to the United Nations in New York City to appeal for assistance to the members of the General Assembly,” Aubrey claimed.
“They wanted to tell the honourable members of the UN General Assembly that the Indonesian military occupation force was murdering West Papuan men.
‘Crimes against humanity’
“They wanted to tell the honourable members of the UN General Assembly that the Indonesian military occupation force was raping West Papuan women.
“These crimes against humanity were being committed to stifle West Papua’s cry for
freedom as a universal right of the UN decolonisation process.
“Indonesian thugs and terrorists wanted the Australian government’s
collusion … and the Australian government provided it.”
Aubrey has long been a critic of the Australian government over its handling of the West Papua issue and has spoken out in support of the West Papua Movement – OPM.
In a separate statement today about the Biak massacre, OPM leader Jeffrey Bomanak called on Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to “remember his Melanesian heritage and his Papuan brothers and sisters’ war of liberation against Indonesia’s illegal invasion and occupation of half of the island of New Guinea”.
Bomanak also appealed to Marape to press for the “safe-keeping and welfare” of New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens during his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo today.
Mehrtens has been held captive by West Papuan pro-independence rebels in the Papuan highlands rainforests since February 7. The rebels demand negotiations on independence .
‘150 massacred’
“On July 6, 1998, over 600 Indonesian defence and security forces tortured, mutilated and massacred 150 West Papuan people for raising the West Papuan flag and peacefully protesting for independence,” said Bomanak in his statement.
“No one has ever been brought to justice for the Biak massacre.”
About the Australian government’s alleged concealment in 1998 — and destruction in 2014 — of a roll of film depicting the victims of the Biak island massacre, Bomanak declared: “We are your closest neighbour, the Papuan race across Melanesia.
“We did not desert you in your war against the Imperial Japanese Empire on our ancestral island, and many of your wounded lived because of our care and dedication.”
In Aubrey’s statement accusing Canberra of “collusion” with Jakarta, he said that at the Indonesian government’s request, the Australian government had prevented West Papuan leaders William Zonggonao and Clemens Runaweri from providing testimony of Indonesian crimes against humanity to the United Nations in 1969.
“If this is not treacherous enough, another Australian government remained silent about the 1998 Biak island massacre even though that federal government was in possession of the roll of film depicting the massacre’s crimes.
“The federal government in office in 2014 is responsible for the destruction of this roll
of film and photographs printed from the film,” claimed Aubrey.
Aubrey’s 68-page open letter to Governor-General Hurley is a damning indictment of Indonesian atrocities during its colonial rule of West Papua.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will inaugurate Ewer Airport in Asmat, Papua today, July 6, 2023. The visit to the country’s eastern province is a continuation of his state visits to Australia and Papua New Guinea since last Monday.
“President Joko Widodo is scheduled to depart for Asmat Regency, South Papua Province by boarding the ATR 72-600 aircraft from Sentani International Airport, Jayapura Regency. Upon arrival at Ewer Airport, the President will inspect and inaugurate the airport,” as read in a press release published by the Presidential Secretariat’s Press, Media, and Information Bureau on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
After inaugurating the airport, the President will take off to Jayapura Regency and head to Keroom Regency to inspect the corn fields in the food estate area in Wambes of Mannem.
During his working visit to Papua, Jokowi was accompanied by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia, and Indonesian Military Commander Admiral Yudo Margono.
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Wamena, Jubi – The Jayawijaya branch of the Indonesian Midwives Association (IBI) is facing a challenge as they have only 150 midwives available to serve the population of 328 villages and 40 districts in Jayawijaya. This issue was highlighted by Anita Ariance Ribka Imbiri, the head of the IBI Jayawijaya, during the celebration of the 72nd IBI Anniversary at the Betlehem Church Wamena on July 1, 2023.
“We hope that the local government will address this situation by recruiting midwives through Government Employees with Work Agreements programs,” Imbiri said.
Currently, not all 150 midwives in the region are civil servants, some of them even work as contract employees and some others pursue careers in the private sector. These midwives are primarily assigned to Wamena General Hospital and several clinics in the city and districts.
Imbiri emphasized that ideally, each village should have at least one midwife, and Jayawijaya Regency would require a minimum of 400 midwives to adequately serve the community’s healthcare needs.
She also expressed the need for the local government to establish a health education school specifically for the residents of Jayawijaya. This would ensure that after completing their education, healthcare professionals could be assigned to their respective villages to provide necessary healthcare services.
Assistant I of Jayawijaya Regency Tinggal Wusono acknowledged that the ratio of midwives to the population in Jayawijaya was not ideal. The local government is proposing the implementation of Government Employees with Work Agreements and planning for additional staffing to address this issue in the future. (*)
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