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Killing of Intan Jaya pastor part of major shift in security crisis: Report
A recent report about the killing of Yeremia titled “Grief from Hitadipa”, written by a team formed by Papua Governor Lukas Enembe about three weeks after the incident occurred in September, stated that Intan Jaya had entered its latest period of conflicts.
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The intensity of the conflict between the Indonesian Military and the West Papua National Liberation Army has increased following a series of violent incidents at the end of 2019, according to a report. (JP/Hengky Wijaya)
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he shooting of Papuan Pastor Yeremia Zanambani is not an independent incident but part of the most recent and most significant shift in the trend of conflicts in Intan Jaya regency since its establishment in 2008, a report has said.
A recent report about the killing of Yeremia titled “Grief from Hitadipa”, written by a team formed by Papua Governor Lukas Enembe about three weeks after the incident occurred in September, stated that Intan Jaya had entered its latest period of conflicts.
The report stated that the province had become an armed conflict zone in Papua in the past year due to the presence of two significant security forces, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB).
“The shift in conflicts is significant because previously, Intan Jaya regency was never part of the conflict zone between the TNI and the TPNPB,” the report said.
Before the security forces entered, the report said, conflicts in Intan Jaya were only been related to communal issues, land ownership issues, clashes among locals and various other disturbances to security and public order by local residents.
“When social conflicts such as tribal wars occurred, a conflict resolution based on traditional values was pursued by the warring groups of people to find a middle ground.”
The separation of Intan Jaya from Paniai regency to form a new autonomous region in 2008 correlates with the shift in the conflict trend.
