Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is prepared to help the National Cops in arresting all members of armed separatist and terrorist groups running in Papua province, chief of TNI’s information center, Major General Achmad Riad, said.
He made the remarks in Jakarta on Monday after President Joko Widodo ordered military chief, Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, and National Cops chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, to release a manhunt for all members of armed groups running in Papua province.
” In essence, we are all set to arrest all members of the armed criminal groups. We are waiting for President Jokowi’s additional political choice,” Riad stated.
Inquired about the probability of security companies carrying out massive operations to jail the armed rebels, he reiterated that the TNI continued to await the federal government’s choice.
President Widodo bought the manhunt following the fatal shooting of the chief of the State Intelligence Firm (BNI)– Papua Workplace, Brig. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny, on Sunday.
Brig. Gen. Danny is the very first top military officer to fall victim to an attack by an armed group.
Speaking at an interview at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta previously on Monday, the President stressed that there is no place for armed criminal groups within Indonesian territory, including Papua.
He used his condolences on the death of Brig. Gen. Danny, and revealed his posthumous promo to a higher rank in recognition of his dedication and sacrifice for the state.
” On behalf of the country, people, and state, I offer deep acknowledgements to his bereaved family,” he added.
Brig. Gen. Danny was shot during a gunfight while visiting Dambel town, Beoga sub-district, Puncak district, Papua.
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He got to the village, located about three kilometers from Beoga, with seven security workers on four motorbikes around 9: 20 p.m. regional time on Sunday.
The village has actually been a target of violence recently, with armed rebels apparently firing numerous civilian houses and a primary school structure in the area.
Over the past four months, Papua has borne the force of a string of attacks by armed groups targeting civilians in districts such as Puncak and Intan Jaya.
Equipped groups often use hit-and-run tactics versus Indonesian security personnel, while unleashing acts of horror against civilians to impart worry among individuals.
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