2) Fallen police officer laid to rest at C Sulawesi heroes cemetery
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1) 4 new provinces in Tanah Papua, around 7.5 million hectares of natural forest could potentially be lost
January 22, 2024 in National & International, Environment
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Author: CR-9 - Editor: Dewi Wulandari
Data on potential deforestation in Tanah Papua. – Jubi/Greenpeace Indonesia
Jayapura, Jubi – Greenpeace Indonesia estimates that around 7.5 million hectares of natural forest in Tanah Papua has the potential to be lost, along with other natural resources, which will be sacrificed to spur economic growth and regional governance in four new provinces, namely Southwest Papua, Central Papua, and Mountain Papua. , and South Papua.
This was conveyed by Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner, Nicodemus Wamafma, when met by Jubi in Jayapura City, Papua Province on Saturday (20/1/2024).
"With weak and limited fiscal support as a new autonomous region in order to finance government and regional development, the new province will focus on encouraging the presence of land-based investment in the hope that it will contribute to economic growth and regional development," he said.
Wamafma said the four new provinces needed land for offices, development of supporting infrastructure and economic growth to strengthen regional fiscal.
"If it is not carried out with a wise and good development approach, the expansion of provinces and districts and cities will have an impact on environmental damage, including deforestation of natural forests in the Land of Papua," he said.
Data on the area of oil palm plantations in Tanah Papua. – Jubi/Greenpeace Indonesia
Learning from Papua's journey during 1963-2021, continued Wamafma, development and investment in the Land of Papua had more of an exploitative impact on forests and natural resources belonging to the indigenous Papuan community rather than having an impact on improving the quality of life such as improving the quality of education, health and the economy, but there were more rights conflicts. -rights to land, forests and natural resources as well as human rights violations.
“[The conflict] between the state and corporations or companies against the Papuan indigenous people has not been resolved properly until now and is still a hidden ember. "This situation will get worse after the expansion of provinces continues to be forced in the Land of Papua," he said.
The government in the four new provinces, he said, must learn from the process that Papua and West Papua Provinces have gone through and look at the living conditions of the Papuan indigenous people where extractive and exploitative development approaches have resulted in deforestation of Papua's natural forests, environmental damage and loss of important biodiversity. as well as the violation or loss of the rights of indigenous Papuan people to land, forests and other natural resources.
“If not, the same approach and process will be repeated and more and more of Papua's natural forests will be sacrificed or eliminated. This results in wider environmental damage and marginalization of the rights and lives of Papuan indigenous peoples in their traditional territories. "The Papuan indigenous people will stand as silent witnesses to the loss of rights and destruction of their areas of life, identity and future," he said.
According to Wamafma, in the last two decades Greenpeace Indonesia recorded that more than 641,400 hectares of natural forest in Tanah Papua were lost with the main focus in Merauke, Boven Digoel, Nabire, Mimika, Mappi, Fakfak, Teluk Bintuni, Sorong, Manokwari and Kaimana.
Meanwhile, in the era of the Jokowi administration, from 2014 to the present, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry under the leadership of Siti Nurbaya has released more than 296,378 hectares of natural forest for various licensing purposes including allocation for the National Strategic Food Estate Project and the Trans Papua road and bridge infrastructure project. along more than 4,600 km from Sorong to Merauke. (*)
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2) Fallen police officer laid to rest at C Sulawesi heroes cemetery
January 22, 2024 20:58 GMT+700
Banggai, Central Sulawesi (ANTARA) - First Brigadier (posthumous) Alfando Steve Karamoy, who died after sustaining gunshot wounds during an armed clash with separatists in Central Papua, was laid to rest at Tanjung Tuis Heroes Cemetery, Banggai district, Central Sulawesi, on Monday.
The funeral procession for the fallen police officer was led by the commander of Regiment III of the National Police's elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) Rangers, Senior Commissioner Wahyu.
Karamoy was a Brimob ranger assigned to the Operation Peace Cartenz Task Force in Central Papua province.
He died at Intan Jaya Public Hospital after suffering gunshot wounds in a gunfight with members of an armed Papuan separatist group operating in Intan Jaya district, Central Papua, on January 19, 2024.
Wahyu said that the funeral procession was conducted at the heroes' cemetery for Karamoy as a mark of respect for his service and dedication to the nation.
ANTARA has earlier reported that over the past few years, armed Papuan groups have often employed hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel and mounted acts of terror against civilians in the districts of Intan Jaya, Nduga, and Puncak to instill fear among the people.
The targets of such acts of terror have included construction workers, motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, teachers, students, street food vendors, and even civilian aircraft.
On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan separatists brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya who were engaged in the Trans Papua project in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi sub-district, Nduga district.
On March 2, 2022, several members of an armed Papuan group operating in Beoga sub-district, Puncak district, killed eight Palaparing Timur Telematika (PTT) workers, who were repairing a base transceiver station (BTS) tower belonging to state-owned telecommunications operator Telkomsel.
The workers were identified as B, R, BN, BT, J, E, S, and PD, according to Papua Police spokesperson, Police Chief Commissioner Ahmad Kamal. Another worker, identified by his initials as NS, survived the assault, he added.
On February 7, 2023, New Zealander pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by the Egianus Kogoya-led armed group. He was piloting an aircraft belonging to Indonesian airline Susi Air when he was captured by the armed group. The members of the group set his aircraft on fire shortly after it landed in Nduga district.
On October 16, 2023, Papuan separatists attacked several traditional gold miners in Yahukimo district, Papua Pegunungan province, killing seven of them.
On November 25, 2023, four soldiers were killed in a gunfight with Papuan rebels in Paro sub-district, Nduga district, Papua province.
Related news: Minister hands over compensation to fallen Brimob officer's family
Related news: Fallen Brimob officer's coffin airlifted from Papua to Palembang
The funeral procession for the fallen police officer was led by the commander of Regiment III of the National Police's elite Mobile Brigade (Brimob) Rangers, Senior Commissioner Wahyu.
Karamoy was a Brimob ranger assigned to the Operation Peace Cartenz Task Force in Central Papua province.
He died at Intan Jaya Public Hospital after suffering gunshot wounds in a gunfight with members of an armed Papuan separatist group operating in Intan Jaya district, Central Papua, on January 19, 2024.
Wahyu said that the funeral procession was conducted at the heroes' cemetery for Karamoy as a mark of respect for his service and dedication to the nation.
ANTARA has earlier reported that over the past few years, armed Papuan groups have often employed hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel and mounted acts of terror against civilians in the districts of Intan Jaya, Nduga, and Puncak to instill fear among the people.
The targets of such acts of terror have included construction workers, motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, teachers, students, street food vendors, and even civilian aircraft.
On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan separatists brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya who were engaged in the Trans Papua project in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi sub-district, Nduga district.
On March 2, 2022, several members of an armed Papuan group operating in Beoga sub-district, Puncak district, killed eight Palaparing Timur Telematika (PTT) workers, who were repairing a base transceiver station (BTS) tower belonging to state-owned telecommunications operator Telkomsel.
The workers were identified as B, R, BN, BT, J, E, S, and PD, according to Papua Police spokesperson, Police Chief Commissioner Ahmad Kamal. Another worker, identified by his initials as NS, survived the assault, he added.
On February 7, 2023, New Zealander pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by the Egianus Kogoya-led armed group. He was piloting an aircraft belonging to Indonesian airline Susi Air when he was captured by the armed group. The members of the group set his aircraft on fire shortly after it landed in Nduga district.
On October 16, 2023, Papuan separatists attacked several traditional gold miners in Yahukimo district, Papua Pegunungan province, killing seven of them.
On November 25, 2023, four soldiers were killed in a gunfight with Papuan rebels in Paro sub-district, Nduga district, Papua province.
Related news: Minister hands over compensation to fallen Brimob officer's family
Related news: Fallen Brimob officer's coffin airlifted from Papua to Palembang
Translator: Nur AA, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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