Puncak and the neighboring district of Puncak Jaya in the West Papuan hinterland are hotbeds of the province’s long-running separatist insurgency, with police identifying six clan-based groups as being responsible for much of the armed attacks against security forces in the two districts.
In Puncak, they include the Murib Military, based in Sinak and Gomeh subdistricts, as well as a group led by Titus Murib in Kepala Air subdistrict and a third led by Peni Murib in Muara subdistrict.
A fourth group, the one alleged to be responsible for the December, 27 attack on the Sinak police station, is led by Kalenak Murib and Alex Gagak Murib, and based out of Ilaga, the Puncak district seat.
The group has also been blamed for a similar attack on a group police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel in December 2014. The weapons seized by the perpetrators in that earlier incident are believed to have been used in the recent attack, authorities say. Police allege that the groups are all affiliated to varying degrees with the Free Papua Organization, or OPM, which has for decades waged a low-level war for independence from Indonesian rule.
The National Police chief, named the suspects as Kalenak Murib and Iris Murib. The gunmen who attacked a police station in Papua on Dec. 27 have been identified as a militant group affiliated with the Free Papua Organization, pictured beyond. (AFP Photo/Banjir Ambarita).
Otherwise The
Jakarta Globe reported that an Indonesian officer was shot on 30 November in
Namuni Kampong. The military claim the shooting was by an armed Papuan
civilian group known as Cosmas Makabori. Three officers were traveling by boat
and came under attack immediately after disembarking. The surviving
officers claimed they were surrounded by about 20 armed civilians who opened
fire.
Finally a lawyer for four activists of West Papua National Committee (KNPB), said the jail sentence of 1 year 6 months for them was too harsh because they simply expressed different views. “Alexander Nekenem, Othen Gombo, Nopinus Humawak, Yoram Magay were convicted because of different views,” said lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy in a written statement received by Jubi in Jayapura on Monday (11/30/2015).
In Puncak, they include the Murib Military, based in Sinak and Gomeh subdistricts, as well as a group led by Titus Murib in Kepala Air subdistrict and a third led by Peni Murib in Muara subdistrict.
A fourth group, the one alleged to be responsible for the December, 27 attack on the Sinak police station, is led by Kalenak Murib and Alex Gagak Murib, and based out of Ilaga, the Puncak district seat.
The group has also been blamed for a similar attack on a group police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel in December 2014. The weapons seized by the perpetrators in that earlier incident are believed to have been used in the recent attack, authorities say. Police allege that the groups are all affiliated to varying degrees with the Free Papua Organization, or OPM, which has for decades waged a low-level war for independence from Indonesian rule.
The National Police chief, named the suspects as Kalenak Murib and Iris Murib. The gunmen who attacked a police station in Papua on Dec. 27 have been identified as a militant group affiliated with the Free Papua Organization, pictured beyond. (AFP Photo/Banjir Ambarita).
Finally a lawyer for four activists of West Papua National Committee (KNPB), said the jail sentence of 1 year 6 months for them was too harsh because they simply expressed different views. “Alexander Nekenem, Othen Gombo, Nopinus Humawak, Yoram Magay were convicted because of different views,” said lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy in a written statement received by Jubi in Jayapura on Monday (11/30/2015).
According to the Papuan human rights
lawyer from the Institute for Research, Study and Development of Legal Aid
(LP3BH) Manokwari, on Nov. 27, as the legal team received a copy of verdict
number: 107 / Pid.B / 2015 / PN.Mnk on behalf of Alexander Dekenem et al. The
letter stated that the defendants were sentenced to prison, each for one year
and six months, with their time in custody deducted. Prosecutor Irna Indira
Ruth sought two years imprisonment for them.
He said four KNPB activists were
detained on May 20, 2015 during a peaceful demonstration in Manokwari with
three agendas:
- first, demanding the state to immediately open access to foreign
journalists in Papua, according to a statement the president of Joko Widodo,
- second was to immediately open the democratic space for the people of West
Papua
- and the last was to support the United Liberation Movement for West
Papua (ULMWP) as representatives of Papuans in Melanesian Spread head Group (MSG).
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