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Amnesty calls for thorough probe into ‘unlawful killing’ of New Zealand pilot in Papua
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Members of the military and police joint task force Cartenz lead an investigation at the site where a New Zealand helicopter pilot was shot dead by rebels the day before, in Mimika Regency, Central Papua. Glen Malcolm Conning, 50, a pilot for PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was killed on Aug. 5, after landing in Papua with four Indonesian health workers and two children, all of whom survived. (AFP/Handout/Cartenz Peace Task Force)
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uman rights group Amnesty International Indonesia is calling on authorities to thoroughly investigate the killing of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in restive Central Papua earlier this week and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The pilot, Glen Malcolm Conning, was allegedly shot dead by armed rebels on Monday after landing at an airstrip in Alama district in Central Papua province with four health workers and two children, all of whom survived, according to authorities. Conning, a pilot for air cargo transportation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, flew the helicopter from Mozes Kilangin Airport in Timika, also in Central Papua.
“This unlawful killing is a grave breach of humanitarian international laws,” Amnesty Indonesia office executive director Usman Hamid said in a statement on Wednesday.
“It is imperative that those responsible for the unlawful killing are held accountable and that measures are taken to prevent such incidents in the future.”
The motive for Monday's killing was not immediately clear.
Four teams of police and military personnel from the Operation Cartenz Peace task force are now hunting the armed rebels behind the attack, while investigators from Timika Police were still collecting evidence and questioning witnesses as of Tuesday.
“We are committed to bringing justice to the victim and his family,” Cartenz spokesperson Adj. Sr. Comr. Bayu Suseno said on Thursday.
