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View all search resultsThe Vice President's office has released a statement saying it is time for the security authorities in Papua "to get tough in going after separatist rebels" in the restive region, regardless of signals from the group that it is willing to enter into dialogue.
The National Police have arrested two Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel allegedly in possession of 40,000 ecstasy pills and 75 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine smuggled from abroad in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.
Andika told reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday that soldiers involved in the incident would be prosecuted and that the TNI had also launched an investigation to look into the extent of violence committed by those soldiers.
A soldier allegedly tortured and shot Papuan pastor Yeremia Zanambani at close range in the latter’s pig pen in Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, which led to his death hours later amid escalating tensions in the area, according to the findings of an independent investigation carried out by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
A gay soldier, a second lieutenant of the Indonesian Army identified only by his initials DS, is fighting a legal battle over his alleged personal relations with three men in 2017 and 2018. His prosecution is discriminatory, according to rights groups.
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