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View all search resultsIndonesia has lodged a formal complaint with the Fijian government expressing its “deep disappointment” with the South Pacific country’s recognition of West Papua and support for the separatist movement there, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.
"What happens now is a law-enforcement operation and not a military operation. We carry out this law enforcement operation because there's a foreigner involved. We will continue trying persuasive ways," Yudo was quoted by Kompas daily as saying in Denpasar, Bali.
The miltant wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) has sent the Post videos and photos of a man it has identified as New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, whom the group had taken hostage last Tuesday.
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