Five Papuan separatist leaders put on BNPT most-wanted list
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26th May 2021 4 hours ago
Chief of Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), Commissioner General Boy Rafli Amar. (BNPT/HO-Youtube BNPT)
Instead, the targets are only those from the armed groups that have been identified to get committed acts of violence Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has put five leaders heading separatist terrorist groups operating in Papua and West Papua on its most-wanted list.
The agency will track down the leaders, in accordance with Indonesia s Law No.5/2018 on Terrorism, BNPT chief Coms.Gen.Boy Rafli Amar said here on Thursday.
Armed Papuan separatist killed in gunfight
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Chief of public relations task force of Nemangkawi Operations, Senior Commissioner M Iqbal Alqudusy. (ANTARA/HO/Humas Satgas Nemangkawi) Timika, Papua (ANTARA) - A member of Lekagak Telenggen-led separatist terrorist group was shot dead in a gunfight with a joint team of police and military personnel in Maki village, Ilaga sub-district, Puncak district, Papua on Friday.
The joint team
managed to bring the situation under control in Ilaga and surrounding areas following the gunfight, chief of the public relations task force of Nemangkawi Operations, Senior Commissioner M Iqbal Alqudusy, informed in a written statement released on Friday.
SOP followed in crackdown on armed Papuan terrorists: police 2 hours ago
Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D. Fakhiri. (ANTARA/Evarukdijati) Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius D. Fakhiri emphasized that the Nemangkawi Task Force s members continued their law enforcement operations against armed Papuan terrorists, albeit conducting duties in line with the standard operating procedure (SOP).
Hence, Fakhiri denied a report that three women were shot during a law enforcement operation on May 15, 2021, and stressed that no innocent civilians had fallen victim to crackdowns on the terrorists.
In a statement that ANTARA quoted in Jayapura on Tuesday, Fakhiri remarked that in conducting law enforcement operations, army and police personnel joining the Nemangkawi Task Force made continued attempts to distance innocent civilians from the armed terrorists, who often used them as human shields.
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