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Lanny Jaya hostages still being held
Lanny Jaya administration officials and security officers continue to try and secure the release of six Timur Laut Papua employees taken hostage by residents of Kuanom, a village located in between Magi and Gamelia districts, in Lanny Jaya regency
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anny Jaya administration officials and security officers continue to try and secure the release of six Timur Laut Papua employees taken hostage by residents of Kuanom, a village located in between Magi and Gamelia districts, in Lanny Jaya regency. The employees were abducted while working on a road that would connect Tiom, the Lanny Jaya capital, with Wamena in Jayawijaya regency.
'Lanny Jaya Legislative Council members, Wenemuk Kogoya and Timotius Kogoya, have departed for Kampung Kuanom to negotiate with the local residents to release the hostages,' Papua Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Rudolf Patrick in Jayapura on Monday.
Of the six hostages, there are two heavy machine operators, Melky and Musa, and four construction workers, namely Aibon, Julius, Notinus and Wailes.
Rudolf said Sunday that Kuanom residents had taken the six hostage in response to rumors that the Lanny Jaya regent would inaugurate controversial village heads.
Papua Police chief Insp. Gen.Yotje Mende told The Jakarta Post in Jayapura that if within 48 hours Kuanom residents had not released the hostages, security officers would conduct an operation to force their release. (ebf)(+++)
