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National Freedom Army Responsible for the Ambush

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Tuan GoliatTabuni

Puncak Jaya, MAJALAH  SELANGKAH -- National Freedom Army of West Papua of The Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) claimed responsibility for the ambush last Thursday (Feb, 21). 

In the biggest clash so far in the history of the movement in West Papua 8 soldiers of Indonesian National Army were dead. The incident also claimed 4 civilians working in the building in Sinak Subdistrict, Puncak Jaya, West Papua. 

Those killed in the action are as follow: First Sergeant Ramadhan, Private Edi, Chief Private Jojo Wiharja, Private Mustofa, Chief Private Wempi, Private Udin, Private Frans, and Private Wahyu Prabowo. While First Lieutenant Reza was injured. 

While the civilians dead in the ambush were: Yohanis, Uli, Markus, while another one remained unidentified so far. The injured were Joni, Ronda, Rangka, and Santin. 

Specialized staf of General of National Freedom Army Gen. Goliath Tabuni said the shoot of 8 Indonesian army was TPN-OPMs attitude toward Indonesian Army. He refused his name to be mentioned. 

Right. The shooting was TPN-OPMs attitude. We are responsible. We shot them to deprive them out of our territories. We are free! Who you are? said NE emotionally. 

Further he explained, Tingginambut and West Papua is our land. Who say to come to disturb us. This is our territory. We sent an official letter to the TNI. In the letter we said not to build any post within our territory. They didnt listen to, he said. 

However, he said, the shooting was not based merely on establishment of military post. All of us know. Goliath has been inaugurated as the general army of the TPN-OPM on Dec 11, 2012 in Tingginambut. The inauguration was in accordance to the TPN-OPM Summit in Biak on May 1-5 2012. Goliath is fighting to win political right. We deny all sort of offering, but independence for West Papua, said NE.  

Another source for majalahselangkah.com  who just arrived from Puncak Jaya to Nabire, on Friday (Feb, 22) delivered a different information. 

He said, in case of Sinak, those building workers were met by TPN-OPM on the way. Then, the TPN-OPM asked for stuff they were bringing but they refused to give. 

Eventually, the TPN-OPM shot dead the 4 civilians. Afterward, the army on watch came to the site of the shooting. Prior to the arrival of the indonesian army, the TPN-OPM had been hiding out in the location of the incident. 

Right after the fully equipped armys coming, TPN-OPM in the hiding shot them and caused some fatalities on the half of the Indonesian army. 

The informant said, the army ran after the TPN-OPM who were running into jungle. He explained, the shooting were still continous since Indonesian army proceded to chase them. People were fleeing. 

SBYs Sudden Meeting, OPM Chased

Due to the shooting in West Papua, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono cancelled his scheduled visit to Dawuhan Village in Karawang last Friday morning. Instead of it he held a closed cabinet meeting to discuss the incident.

The meeting arrived at the point that the president ordered to chase actors of the shooting. Following up the presidents command, Coordinating minister of Politics, Law, and Security Djoko Suyanto had the Indonesia National Army and Indonesian Police to chase agents of the ambush. 

As released by vivanews.com on Thursday (Feb, 21), in the press conference held in his office, Djoko said that he had been ordered to chase the agent. I have commanded Pangdam and Kapolda to immediately coordinate, synergize to chase and bring the actors involved in the incident before the law, he said. 

The minister also said, the police and TNI would evaluate deeply the SOP (standard operating procedure). The evaluation would be done in the procedure of the activity of TNI/the police outside the post as well as the number of equipment supply and sufficient troops in line with the troubled level of territory. 

Concerning the possible military operation, Thursday (Feb, 21) night in Metro TV, Chief of the Center of Information of National Army, Rear Admiral Iskandar Sitompul said that military operation was dependent on the decision of the highest command, which is the president. 

He also said that so far the number of the troops sent to Papua had not been increased. However, he affirmed that  more troops were missioned to Puncak Jaya from Kodam Cenderawasih. 

It was not confirmed yet whether the Indonesian army would use well-equipped helicopter recently bought from the US with 1,5 Billions or not in the chase of the TPN-OPM. 

As released by wpnla.net, the TPN-OPM had stated their readiness if Indonesian army and police were running after them. 

Commander Murib said, In case Indonesian army and militarized brigade were chasing us, we are ready to shoot and that the TPN-OPM will not set aback. TPN will defend and fight the army and police. 

People Fleed to Church

Simon, a citizen of Puncak Jaya, said that these days people were fleeing to churches. He added that some more others were running to hide in jungle. We are in a church. Some more are running to jungle, said Simon.

 Many troops are here. They keep coming. We are afraid. We are afraid. Kids start feeling hungry, said Simon. 

Pastor Dorman Wandikbo also said, Christian community of Gidi Church in Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya searched for a safe place. This was due to the combing which had already been launched to find actors of the ambush. They did it in the night until dawn in kampongs. 

Pastor Wandikbo said that the combing was frightening. In the combing the Indonesian military would do so foolhardy and victimize civilians, without any control of another party. 

Simon said, In case the victim was civilians, the combing would be carried out with arrest and torture. While, now the victim are military. In this case, the fall were TNI. So now we are all in danger.

Whereas the Forum of Communication of Papuan Students in Semarang (Forkompas), Friday (Feb,21) asked Indonesian President to take some consideration in  to deal with conflict in Papua. 

Forkompas activist, Bernardo Boma, said to majalahselangkah.com the victims were many and this happened for the first time but actually it was not a brand new problem in Papua. 

He expected that SBY be wise to solve problems in Papua. Military approach would not work properly. We believe that aggravated military operation will happen in Puncak Jaya. We dont know how many people will be detained, tortured, and killed in jungle and city, said Boma.

Dumupa: Papua Political Status Discontent

The secretary of Customary Working Group of Papuan People Assembly (Majelis Rakyat Papua, MRP), Yakobus Dumupa said that the shooting should be understood as a manifest of problem concerning political status of West Papua in Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia, which had never been addressed properly.

Even, he said, many West Papuan assessed that the referendum of 1969 had been discordant and manipulated. 

The ambush in Tingginambut and those happened previously committed by TPN-OPM were in fact a manifest of their discontent toward political status of West Papua teritorry within Indonesia, he said. 

He asked, all parties shoud not simplify and limit the problem as to a problem of armed separatist movement. Such an approach instead should thrive West Papuans resistence toward Indonesian government. 

For the reason, Dumupa suggested that the two parties should sit on the same table and open for each other to discuss the political status of West Papua within Indonesian state honestly and valuably. 

Dont ever hide out any historical and legal fact concerning the integration process of West Papua into Unitary State of the Indonesian Republic. Why? Because such honesty will solve the problem comprehensively so that all short of violence might be ended, he said. 

He added, Without discussing and sharing the same table, all armed violence in West Papua, both by TPN-OPM and Indonesian army and police would never end.

From time to time lives would just fall down in both sides. If that happens, we actually really fail to respect human lives and God who creates human being. Necesarrily we dont have any chance to live in the heaven afterlife, he said. 

Ijie: Stop war and Put Humanity Ahead

The deputy of People Council of Papua Barat Province, Jimmy Demianus Ijie, asked the government not to set West Papua as a battle field. 

 Please dont set West Papua as a battle filed, but give us peace, he said in the office of DPDs chief in Jakarta as released by tribunnews.com, Friday (Feb, 22).

Ijie said, people of West Papua had never felt Indonesias independence. What really exists, Ijie continued, the life of West Papuan flew away. 

Human right activist, Yones Douw said, Tingginambut was a battle field so that troops positioned there should keep on watch. 

The upper, (Tingginambut, red.), is a battle field. Troops must be alert, he said. 

 We, human rights workers asked states apparatuses to put humanity ahead and Human Right values in the chase of the actors. We are very apprehensive about civil people, he said. 

He added, based on the experience of the past, the act of retaliation often times comes up as burning, arrest and torture of civil people.

OPM and army please find one another but dont ever people be the victiom, he said. 

While the Papua church leader, Benny Giay perceive that the option to set military operation and the increase in the number of militer personel to overcome violence in West Papua would be futile but prolong the list of victims and just make people suffer.

He said, that central government should open itself to settle the radical problem in West Papua in a dignified manner, not to add the military personels. 

Victim Family and Batalion 753 Commander Flied to Jayapura

Saturday afternoon, (Feb, 23) majalahselangkah.com  came to Batalion 753 Nabire to get some information about victims of the batalion. However, this media failed because, as Provost said, the Commander of the batalion had prohibited his member to give any information, including to press. 

They said, the commander had departed to Jayapura on the previous day, (Friday Feb, 22) and brought with him the families of the victims.

 We may not give any information. Please wait until the corps arrive in Nabire from Jayapura, he said. 

It was informed that some families of the victim willed to bring their family back to Nabire. (MS)

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