Sunday, July 1, 2012
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Indonesian government has engaged in a spin campaign over the recent
wave of mysterious shootings in Indonesian-occupied West Papua in an
attempt to derail the struggle for independence.
With no evidence, Indonesian police have blamed the shootings on the
Free Papua Movement (OPM) and its armed wing, the National Liberation
Army. Several Papuan independence activists were killed, along with
others wounded or killed since the attacks began in late May.
Police have also singled out the West Papua National Committee (KNBP)
for blame, an organisation with no history of violence. KNBP
spokesperson Victor Yeimo said a mass surrender of KNBP members would
take place to force police to investigate the shootings properly,
Bintang Papua said on June 25.
“The police need to investigate this,” said Yeimo. “As yet, they have
not be able to say who was responsible and have not made any arrests.
The KNBP suspects that this … has quite deliberately been stirred up by
the police and the military.”
The KNBP's move came after one of its leaders, Mako Tabuni, was
murdered by police and Australian-backed Detachment 88 anti-terrorist
troops in Jayapura on June 14. His death sparked a small-scale riot by
outraged locals.
The executive coordinator of human rights group Kontras, Haris Azhar,
told the Jakarta Globe on June 17 the killing bore all the hallmarks of
a police hit.
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