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5 soldiers suspected of selling bullets to Papua separatist group to face tribunal
The Cenderawasih Military Command overseeing Papua and West Papua will charge five Army soldiers for selling ammunition to a separatist group in Papua
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he Cenderawasih Military Command overseeing Papua and West Papua will charge five Army soldiers for selling ammunition to a separatist group in Papua.
The military command's chief, Maj. Gen. Fransen G. Siahaan, said in Jayapura on Thursday that based upon preliminary evidence, the ammunition sales were financially motivated.
'The five suspects have been already in hands of the military police and will be brought to the military tribunal. I have asked the military tribunal to impose the harshest sanction, or a life sentence, on the suspects,' he said as quoted by kompas.com.
He added he was establishing an ethics council from the Wamena military district to dismiss the suspects, along with three others, from military service.
'I do not want to see any traitors in the military command. The suspects have sold ammunition to shoot me, to shoot security personnel, to shoot us [...] They must be dismissed and punished with the harshest sentence,' he said.
The five suspects, identified as S, MM, RA, S and NHS, were arrested while in the process of selling 500 5.56 millimeter bullets to three rebels on Jan. 28, 2015. (rms)
