Activists protested at the Ternate Police headquarters, North Maluku demanding the force release eight people arrested while commemorating the West Papua Independence Day on December 1.
While Jakarta is busy tearing West Papua apart, Papuans raised the banned, Morning Star flag on December 1, to commemorate its independence, which was stolen in May 1963, writes Yamin Kagoya.
The government is continuing to encourage native Papuans to fill civil state apparatus vacancies in the three new provinces of Papua, Deputy Home Minister .
Vice President Ma'ruf Amin believes that the change to the Papuan special autonomy was a natural thing to do for better development.
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