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Security personnel asked to leave Papuan school because they frighten students
Several Papuan People’s Assembly representatives from the Intan Jaya, Paniai and Timika regencies met with the Papua Police chief on Monday to convey their request.
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Papuan People's Assembly member Siska Abugau (‘third right’) shakes hands with Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Paulus Waterpauw during a meeting on Dec. 30 in Jayapura. (Jakarta Post/Benny Mawel)
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embers of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) and the Timika Catholic diocese have asked local authorities to remove security personnel from YPPK Titigi elementary school because the school will soon be back in session.
They said the presence of security personnel at the school, located in Suguapa district, Intan Jaya regency, has frightened teachers and students.
RD Yance Yogi, a priest from the Timika diocese assigned to Titigi, said the church expected the Indonesian Military and the National Police to be pulled out of the elementary school building, as it was a public facility managed by the Catholic Church.
"The Catholic Church requests that the Indonesian Military and the National Police dismiss their personnel from the building," Yogi said on Monday, as reported by suarapapua.com.
Several Papuan People’s Assembly representatives from Intan Jaya, Paniai and Timika regencies met with the Papua Police chief on Monday to convey their request.
"I met face to face with the Papua Police chief to discuss security personnel who are stationed at the elementary school building," Siska Abigail, one of the representatives, all of whom were women, told The Jakarta Post after the meeting.
Siska said local residents and the Intan Jaya regency administration had expressed hope that the Papua Police would soon dismiss their personnel from the elementary school as the students would return to school on Jan. 6 after the long holiday.
