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101 activists released, KNPB says Nabire Police do not provide space for freedom
Last updated: August 17, 2024 12:32 am
Penulis: Hengky Yeimo Editor: Syofiardi
Police officers approached KNPB protesters at KPR Siriwi, Nabire. – Jubi/Hengky Yeimo
Nabire, Jubi – Member of the West Papua National Committee or KNPB Gerson Pigai said that there were 101 KNPB activists participating in the demonstration who were arrested by the Nabire Police on Thursday (15/8/2024) morning, including 3 people who were previously arrested while distributing leaflets, all of whom have been released and returned home.
“From all points, we totaled around 101 people who were arrested. On Thursday (15/8/2024) at 11 pm they were released,” he told a number of journalists during a press conference attended by KNPB members and leaders throughout the Meepago Region in Kali Bobo, Friday (16/8/2024).
Meanwhile, 2 KNPB activists who suffered gunshot wounds, Andy Tebay and Yosua Pigome, are still being treated at Nabire Regional Hospital. In addition, Pigai said, 8 KNPB members also suffered serious injuries from beatings by police officers using barreled boots, iron, rattan, and gun butts.
"There were also objects belonging to the demonstrators that were lost at the demonstration site and at the Nabire Police. Items in the form of money, cellphones, belonging to the demonstrators that were taken, we ask the police to return them to their owners immediately," he said.
Gerson Pigai reported in general the chronology of the action that resulted in mass arrests by the police. The KNPB Meepago Region held a demonstration against the New York Agreement on August 15, 1962 while commemorating August as Racism Month at several points in Nabire on Thursday (8/15/2024) morning.
The demonstrators, said Pigai, gathered at five points, namely Kali Bobo, Siriwini, Pasar Karang, SP, and Jepara II. However, at all points they were approached by police officers from the Nabire Police, the action was disbanded, and they were taken to the Nabire Police Office.
"The masses began to descend to the gathering points at around 7 am. The masses in Kalibobo had been giving speeches for around 10 minutes, and the police immediately came to take them away," he said.
According to him, the police arrested a large number of the masses. Then they were taken to the Nabire Police Office. "The brutality of the masses was that they were told to take off their clothes and sunbathe in the hot sun," he said.
The person in charge of the action who is also the Secretary of KNPB Nabire, Zadrak Kudiyai explained, of the five action points, for the action plan at SP 1, the police had already dispersed them before they took action. Meanwhile, in Kalibobo, the masses were already at the location, then arrested by the police. Then in Siriwini, the police dispersed the masses at 12.46 WIT.
"The police dispersed them without negotiating with the field coordinator at the gathering point," he said. "From the report we received, there were 3 people who were arrested," he added.
Then the action at Karang Market had reached the action point, when the road reached the Kali Nabire Bridge. "The police blocked them from the direction of Wonorejo and from the direction of Karang Barat, and fired tear gas, so that the masses dispersed," he said.
Kudiai said that two participants in the action who were shot by security forces were still at the Nabire Regional General Hospital in Siriwini. The two victims were named Andrias Gobay (a member of the KNPB Dogiyai Region) and Yosua Pigome. They were shot in the resettlement beside the Kali Nabire.
"Both victims are in critical condition," he said. "Andrias Gobay and Yosua Pigome are currently still lacking blood and they still have to be treated at the Nabire Regional Hospital," he added.
According to Kudiyai, the police's action in breaking up the KNPB demonstration at five points in Nabire violated the law and the security forces did not provide any room for freedom.
"The police did not carry out security in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including procedures in accordance with Perkap (Chief of Police Regulation) Number 1 of 2029 concerning the Use of Force in Police Actions," he said.
Photos circulating on social media show KNPB protesters being ordered to sit in a row without clothes on the Nabire Police grounds. –Jubi/Medsos
Zadrak Kudiyai: There are many interests in Nabire
Regarding the roadblock after the protesters were dispersed at the Kali Nabire Bridge, Kudiyai said that the KNPB was not responsible.
"After the protesters were dispersed, the KNPB protesters from Meepago retreated, so the KNPB is not responsible for the roadblock that started from the side of the Nabire Transat River to the main road in front of the Wonorejo Mosque, the KNPB is not responsible," he said.
The reason his party is not responsible, said Kudiyai, is because in the second press conference his party has appealed and conveyed that if problems occur during the protest while drunk or carrying sharp tools, the KNPB is not responsible.
"Because we know that in Nabire there are many interests," he said.
Kudiyai also suspects that the pursuit of immigrants carried out by non-Papuans [or Nusantara citizens] in Wonorejo was fostered by BIN which was scripted to disrupt the KNPB protest and scapegoat the KNPB.
"We are not responsible from the start, we have said that we are not responsible because there are many interests in Nabire. So from Transat to the mosque it is outside our responsibility, because it is outside our chain of command," he said.
He also highlighted the police's actions which he considered wrong where all participants of the action before being sent home were told to sign a letter not to carry out any more KNPB actions.
"We consider this very wrong, because the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia stipulates that every citizen has the right to express their opinion in public," he said.
KNPB Meepago Region's statement of position
Kimot Mote, the general field coordinator of the simultaneous KNPB Meepago action on Thursday, August 15, 2024 in Nabire, said that his party carried the theme of the KNPB Meepago region action in Nabire, namely 'Expel Colonialism Against Racism'.
"We issued a KNPB statement of position yesterday during a joint action by the West Papuan people rejecting the illegal New York Agreement against anti-racism," he said.
The statement of position contained nine points, namely that Indonesia immediately open up democratic space in the Land of Papua, withdraw the military from West Papua, stop dropping the Indonesian military into West Papua, stop ecocide genocide in West Papua, and reject PT Blok Wabu, PT Somaling, and others in West Papua.
Then stop arresting Papuan Freedom activists, the UN immediately reviews the 1969 Pepera and immediately holds a re-referendum, Indonesia immediately opens up foreign journalists to West Papua, and Indonesia immediately grants the right to self-determination for the West Papuan Nation as a democratic solution.
Police Chief's Explanation
As previously reported by Jubi.id (Thursday, 15/8/2024), at 14:39 WIT at a cafe in Nabire, Nabire Police Chief AKBP Wahyudi Satrio Bintoro told reporters that the results of his monitoring up to that second were that the situation was safe and under control.
"Yes, there were indeed some small ripples, but we have controlled everything. It has gradually become conducive. Even this was from the Forkompimda, both provincial and district, both checking, the situation can be controlled," he said.
Jubi.id asked about the shooting and tear gas shooting, the Police Chief said that regarding this problem, his party had used the procedure in accordance with Perkap (Chief of Police Regulation) Number 1 of 2029 concerning the Use of Force in Police Actions.
"We have implemented it starting from our presence, we have given an appeal, conveyed, we encouraged, it turned out that their position was carrying out anarchic actions, throwing stones. Even our members were hit by the throwing too, injured," he said.
The police chief continued. "There were even motorbikes belonging to residents that were burned. Then on the bridges, the pillars were also all removed. Therefore, we carried out firm, measured action using tear gas," he said. (*)
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