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Indonesia deploys 400 battle-hardened troops to troubled Papua
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Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 03:22 PM IST
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The deployment to the region, where there has been a low-level insurgency for decades, comes after Indonesia recently designated armed Papuan separatists as terrorists , a move that activists said could boost the security response in the region.
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This picture taken on April 26, 2021 shows a motorcade transporting the body of General I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha, who headed Papua s intelligence agency, arriving in Jakarta for his official funeral after he was killed in Indonesia s restive Papua region during a gun battle between police and separatist rebels