Jayapura, Papua – High-ranking authorities of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police checked out Sentani, Jayapura District, on Wednesday to observe preparations for Papua’s PON National Games and National Para Games (Peparnas) to be convened in October 2021.
Apart from examining preparations for arranging the multi-sport events, TNI Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo were also scheduled to consult with security workers and Papuan figures in Sentani on Thursday.
Securing the assembling of this year’s national multi-sport occasions, in which chosen professional athletes and authorities from across Indonesian provinces will be getting involved, is deemed needed.
To this end, the XVII Cenderawasih Regional Military Command and Papua Authorities will collectively protect them, Papua Cops Chief Insp. Gen. Mathius Fakhiri kept in mind in a statement that ANTARA quoted in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Thursday.
Fakhiri stated that Papua’s security condition remains fairly favorable, as security personnel from the Nemangkawi Job Force continue their police operations versus armed Papuan terrorist groups in Puncak District.
” Might normalcy quickly be brought back in the security situation in Puncak District, so that regional neighborhoods have the ability to resume activities without fear,” he mentioned.
Over the course of the last few years, armed Papuan terrorist groups have likewise used hit-and-run strategies versus Indonesian security personnel and mounted acts of fear against civilians in the districts of Intan Jaya, Nduga, and Puncak to create a sense of worry amongst the people.
Building employees, bike taxi (ojek) motorists, instructors, students, street food vendors, and likewise civilian airplane were the current targets of such terror acts.
On December 2, 2018, a group of armed Papuan rebels brutally killed 31 workers from PT Istaka Karya that were engaged in the building of the Trans Papua job in Kali Yigi and Kali Aurak in Yigi sub-district, Nduga District.
On the very same day, the armed opponents also eliminated a soldier, determined as Handoko, and injured two other security workers, Sugeng and Wahyu.
Such acts of violence have continued this year. On January 6, 2021, at least 10 armed separatist terrorists vandalized and torched a Quest Kodiak airplane belonging to the Objective Air Travel Fellowship (MAF) on the Pagamba town airstrip.
On February 8, 2021, a 32- year-old male was contended close quarters in Bilogai Town, Sugapa Sub-district.
The victim, recognized by his initials as RNR, continual gunshot wounds on the face and best shoulder and was shifted to the Timika Public Healthcare Facility in Mimika District on February 9.
In a different event on February 9, 6 armed Papuans fatally stabbed a motorbike taxi (ojek) driver.
On April 8, 2021, several armed Papuan rebels opened fire at a kiosk in Julukoma Village, Beoga Sub-district, Puncak District.
The shooting resulted in the death of a Beoga public primary school instructor, determined as Oktovianus Rayo.
After eliminating Rayo, the armed assaulters torched 3 class at the Beoga public senior high school.
On April 9, 2021, armed separatists apparently fatally shot another instructor, Yonatan Randen, on the chest.
2 days later on, 9 classrooms at the Beoga public junior high were set ablaze by an armed group.
Hardly 4 days later, Ali Mommy, a student of the Ilaga public senior high school in Beoga Sub-district, was extremely killed by armed enemies.
On April 25, 2021, Papuan separatists running in Beoga ambushed State Intelligence Agency (Papua) Chief Maj. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha and numerous security personnel while they were going to Dambet Village.
Following Nugraha’s deadly shooting, President Joko Widodo bought the TNI and National Cops to find and arrest all members of armed separatist and terrorist groups running in Papua while worrying that there is no location for them within the Indonesian territory.
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