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A number of Kopassus soldiers prepare to carry the body of the Head of the Papua Regional BIN (Kabinda) Major General Posthumous I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha to be buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, Jakarta, Tuesday (27/4/2021). Foto: ANTARA/Muhammad Adimaja
Indonesian military invaded the headquarter of the Papuan armed criminal group (KKB) REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, - The personnel of TNI-Polri who are members of the Nemangkawi Operation Task Force invaded the headquarters of the Papuan armed criminal group (KKB) in Olenski. Five KKB members were reportedly shot dead. Head of the Nemangkawi Public Relations Task Force Kombes M Iqbal Al Qudussy said the shootout occurred two days on Monday (April, 26) and Tuesday (April, 27), around the KKB Lumawi headquarters, in Makki Village, Ilaga, Puncak Regency, Papua.
Security personnel challenged to secure Papua s PON National Games
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A sport stadium for PON XX in Papua. (Photo: PUPR Ministry).
The national games will be held as scheduled Papua Province braces for the convening of PON National Games in October this year in the midst of security threats posed by armed Papuan criminals in several districts.
Over these past four months, Papua has borne the brunt of a string of violent attacks by the armed groups targeting civilians in such districts as Puncak and Intan Jaya.
The armed groups often employ hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel, while they unleash acts of terror against civilians to instill a sense of fear among the people.
Indonesian police arrest gun-running pastor
Reverend Paniel Kogoya is accused of supplying arms to rebels in the restive Papua region
Paniel Kogoya (right) is seen holding a rifle after being arrested by Indonesian police on suspicion of supplying arms to separatists. (Photo: Nemangkawi Task Force)
Indonesian police have arrested a Protestant pastor in Papua for allegedly supplying arms to separatist rebels in the restive region.
Reverend Paniel Kogoya, from the Advent Church in Kali Bobo, a village in Nabire district, was arrested on suspicion of supplying guns to the Free Papua Movement, said M. Iqbal Alqudusi, spokesman of the Nemangkawi Task Force, a unit established by the Indonesian National Police in 2019 to fight the separatists.
Papua remains conducive before PON national games in October: police 2 hours ago
National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono. ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty/am.
The national games will be held as scheduled Jakarta (ANTARA) - Top brass of Indonesia s National Police highlighted that Papua remains conducive ahead of the province s PON National Games to be convened in October this year. The national games will be held as scheduled, National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono stated in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Hartono noted that armed Papuan criminals continue to disrupt law and security in several areas, but the police and army personnel had ably handled their acts of violence.