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West Papua Liberation Army unit, led by Egianus Kogoya. Derakma, Nduga regency, Papua. March 2019
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Indonesian security forces have zeroed in on Ilaga district of Puncak Jaya regency in the latest stage of their Operation Nemangkawi crackdown against pro-independence Papuan guerilla fighters.
On Saturday, Papua media reported that the commander of a Liberation Army battalion, Mendinus Tabuni, had been killed in North Ilaga, in addition to another fighter two days earlier.
On Sunday, Indonesia s military indicated that two more fighters, members of the Lekagak Telenggen faction of the Liberation Army, had also been killed in Mayumberi, Ilaga District.
A spokesman for Indonesia s joint military (TNI) and police said two members of the Papuan group were killed and another was injured in an exchange of fire with the TNI.
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Published on: Monday, May 03, 2021
By: Tempo Indonesia
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The deployment of TNI and police personnel was considered as the state’s representation in the community.
JAKARTA: The joint personnel of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police were sent to Ilaga District, Puncak Regency in Papua, to hunt down criminal armed groups (KKB), which have recently been labelled as terrorists by the Indonesian government.
Chief of Nemangkawi Public Relations Task Force, Police Sr. Commissioner Iqbal Alqudusy, said that the deployment of TNI and police personnel was considered as the state’s representation in the community.
“This is done to guard people’s activities, as well as the hunting down the KKB that are now called terrorist groups,” he said Saturday.