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Asia PacificEXCLUSIVE Indonesia s troop surge in Papua aims to wipe out armed rebels: police intel chief
Tom Allard
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Paulus Waterpauw, head of the National Police Intelligence and Security Agency, gestures as he talks during an interview at his office in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
A new security crackdown on armed separatists in the central highlands of Indonesia s restive Papua region will be maintained until they are wiped out, the country s police intelligence chief said.
Amid a worsening conflict, some 400 extra troops have been deployed to Papua following the assassination of a senior intelligence official there and the designation of separatists as terrorists by the Indonesian government last month.
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400 extra troops have been deployed to Papua following the assassination of a senior intelligence official.PHOTO: AFP
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By Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa
JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters) - A new security crackdown on armed separatists in the central highlands of Indonesia s restive Papua region will be maintained until they are wiped out, the country s police intelligence chief said.
Amid a worsening conflict, some 400 extra troops have been deployed to Papua following the assassination of a senior intelligence official there and the designation of separatists as terrorists by the Indonesian government last month.
In an interview with Reuters, Paulus Waterpauw, an indigenous Papuan and head of Indonesian police intelligence, made the strongest remarks yet about the resolve of Indonesian authorities to suppress the decades-long armed separatist rebellion in resource-rich Papua.
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