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Papua Church Leaders Urge End to Attacks On Civilians
By Christian Motte
Jul 31, 2009, 02:39

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The Jakarta Globe
July 28, 2009

Papua Church Leaders Urge End to Attacks On Civilians

Christian Motte

Jayapura. The Papua Church Council is investigating the recent
spate of violence in the province, especially near the PT
Freeport Indonesia mining concession, the head of the council
said on Tuesday. It also called for security and law enforcement
to halt intimidation, arrests and violence against local
residents.

“The church is launching an investigation into the incidents of
violence in Freeport and is awaiting the results,” council
chairman Lipyus Biniluk said .

He added that the council wanted a complete cessation of
violence in Papua, especially what it saw as acts against native
Papuans by law enforcement officers following a series of armed
attacks near Freeport’s Grasberg mine this month.

“Immediately cease the intimidation, terror and arrest of
innocent civilians, and stop the violence against native Papuans
in Timika,” he said.

Lipyus said the actions had alarmed the local populace,
especially because they were targeted at civilians who were not
involved in the Freeport incidents.

“Reveal the mastermind of the violent incidents in Papua,”
Lipyus demanded.

The council also said it wanted the Papua Legislative Council to
invite the governor of Papua, the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP)
and the commander of the local Cenderawasih military command to
address the violence in Timika in particular, and Papua in
general.

It also urged the Papuan people, especially those in Timika, to
remain calm in the face of the ongoing tragedy.

Lipyus said the council wanted the central government to
immediately open a dialog with the Papuan people — involving a
neutral third-party mediator — to solve the region’s problems in
a dignified, just and humane way.

A series of attacks on Freeport vehicles in Timika have killed
at least three people and wounded 13 since July 11.

The latest incident took place on Friday, when a Freeport convoy
came under attack, leaving a police officer and a local Freeport
employee with gunshot wounds.

On July 11, an Australian Freeport employee was killed when his
vehicle was attacked. The next morning, an Indonesian security
guard was killed in another ambush.

A Mobile Brigade officer who went missing on July 12 during a
third attack was found dead the following day in a ravine near
the ambush site.

Police have since arrested at least 15 men in connection with
the attacks and have named seven suspects, including two
Freeport employees. Six are expected to face murder charges.

All seven suspects are indigenous Papuans, and police have so
far declined to discuss any of their alleged motives.

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