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A long and winding road to enforce law against Lukas Enembe

It is ironic when the government in Jakarta ask Papuans, including Lukas, to follow the law, but at the same time practices tyranny and injustice in the easternmost territory.

Vidhyandika D Perkasa (The Jakarta Post)
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Wed, November 23, 2022

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A long and winding road to enforce law against Lukas Enembe A medical team assigned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conduct a health check on Papua Governor Lukas Enembe (third from right) in Jayapura on Nov. 4, 2022. (Antara)

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apua is again in turmoil since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Governor Lukas Enembe a suspect. The KPK has summoned the two-time governor twice for questioning, but he has failed to turn up, citing health reasons. Finally, KPK chief Firli Bahuri visited Lukas in Jayapura, with many describing the move as a violation of the KPK Law and code of ethics.

The graft case has divided the Papuan people, with many of his supporters pledging to protect him even from enforcement of the law.

In fact, politics also plays a part in the KPK investigation into Lukas, who is a popular figure in Papua, as many have alleged the law enforcement is an act of criminalization to assassinate his character for a particular purpose.

People’s resistance to, if not obstruction of justice, in the Lukas case owes its origin to various long-standing problems in Papua, which the government has failed to resolve until today.

Lukas’ refusal to comply with the KPK’s summons is influenced, at least indirectly, by the habitus embedded in the community in perceiving law enforcement in Papua.

Habitus is a disposition system that contains schemas of perceptions, thoughts and actions in the form of lifestyles, values and expectations that certain social groups hold. Habitus is obtained from the experience of individuals or groups interacting, which is influenced by past events and is the result of learning and socialization.

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Habitus is formed with the influence of economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital. Individuals and groups will use it to perceive, understand, appreciate and evaluate their social environment. In habitus, there is a struggle between objective phenomena and the subjective experiences of specific individuals or groups.

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