Arrest of Papua's 'machine gun pastor' is a ticking time bomb

Arrest of Papua's 'machine gun pastor' is a ticking time bomb
Christian leaders must try to maintain a balance between loyalty to Indonesia and pastoral care for all Papuans
A motorcade transports the body of Brig. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha, who headed Papua's intelligence agency, for his funeral on April 26 after he was killed in Indonesia's restive Papua region during a gun battle between police and separatist rebels. (Photo: Sevianto Pakiding /AFP)
The arrest of a pastor in Papua by security forces for allegedly supplying weapons to a separatist group could intensify scrutiny on churches in the restive Indonesian region, according to some, but others believe it was a betrayal of his church and Christians.

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