Special Report: West Papua

The 8th December 2006 Incident In Puncak Kumipaga, Puncak Jaya Was A Manipulation Which Was Wholely Created By Indonesian Military And The Fake Opm (The Fake Free Papua Movement Armed Force) Trained By The Indonesian Military

On 3rd January 2007 at 07.00pm (West Papua Time), the TNI (Indonesian Military Force) and the Indonesian Mobile Brigade Police (Brimob) had an operation to search for civilians whom they have labeled TPN/OPM (National Freedom Fighters/Free Papua Movement) on the hill of Kumipaga, Yamo District, Mulia-Puncak Jaya Regency. Civilians who were trained by the Indonesian Military forces had fled to other villages. Documents found in the field were books containing names of Task Force and some bows and arrows. No one was injured or killed in this search. The military and the police are still occupying the Kumipaga hill.

The shooting incident that killed two soldiers of the Indonesian Military, Sergeant Joko Susanto (Special Force unit) and Tobias Sirken (a retired Military officer) and the Morning Star Flag (banned West Papuan flag) that was raised on the Kumipaga Hill, Yamo district, Puncak Jaya regency were created by the Indonesian Military Forces in cooperation with the Fake OPM who had been trained and had been protected by the Indonesian Military Forces.

Description of the area where the incident happened: Kumipaga is an area where local inhabitants have their gardens. Thus, they do not farm or have their gardens inside the forest. The area is not far from the capital town of Mulia district. It can be reached within 30 minutes by foot from Mulia district. The Kumipaga Hill is a bit marshy. Both people in Mulia District and on the hill of Kumipaga could see each other. The people in Mulia can hear the voice of people shouting at the Kumipaga Hill.

Description of Mulia people (Puncak Jaya): Generally, the people in Puncak Jaya do not have education. The estimate number of people who have education is about 50 people. Most of the people trained by the Indonesian military as fake OPM do not have enough education. Thus, these people were used by the Indonesian military to achieve their political goals in West Papua. The fake OPM was created, protected and was allowed to do the Indonesian military and the Indonesian Police projects.

Description of the Morning Star flag and the weapon owned by OPM: the size of the morning star flag raised before (Sunday, the 24th of December 2006) was small, however, the size of the Morning Star flag raised on Sunday, the 24th of December 2006 was big. The questions are:

 Who gave the big flag and the weapon?

 Did OPM have sewing machine in the jungle, thus, they could sew a big size

Morning Star flag?

 Who gave the M-16 weapon?

 Did the civilians have any skills of operating the modern machine gun?

Indonesian military personnel were dropped off in Puncak Jaya using Indonesian military helicopters. The presence of a large number of military troops has threatened the local inhabitants.

ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENT

The incident on the 8th of December 2006 at Kumipaga Hill, Puncak Jaya was part of the Indonesian government and the Indonesian military operation in the whole region of West Papuan land. The name of this operation was “Communication Networking Development and Regional Conditioning”. On the 9th of June 2000 the Director General for the National State Integrity (which is a section of the Ministry of Home Affairs) issued a very secret document. The document with the following registration number: 578/NK/KESBANG/D/IV/VI/2006 was issued following a radiogram and a fax from the acting Governor of Irian Jaya province (radiogram no: 190/1671/SET/dated 3rd June 2000 and fax no: 190/POM/060200/dated 2nd June 2000) about the condition of self determination of the Melanesian people of West Papua. The main point of the very secret document from the Home Affairs was “Regional Conditioning and Community Networking Development Operation Plan” to anticipate the political direction of Irian Jaya (West Papua) towards independence and freedom from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Location of Operation: all regencies, towns, and remote regions of Irian Jaya province. Method of implementation: through extension of regencies and municipalities as many as necessary.

Operation Agents: Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Units (BAKIN, BAIS TNI, BIN), Indonesian Arm Force Headquarter, Regional Military Headquarters, Indonesian Police Headquarter, Strategic Arm Force, and Special Arm Force).

The incident on the 8th of December 2006 at Kumipaga Hill, Mulia district, Pucak Jaya regency was related to previous violence, human right abuses, and the conflicts that were allowed to happen and that were created by the Indonesian military such as:

 Incident 31st August 2002 at PT Freeport Tembagapura, Mile 68, Timika that killed two American citizens, Ricky Lynn Spier and Edwin Leon Burgon, and one Indonesian citizen, FX Bambang Riwanto. Antonius Wamang and 7 civilians were accused of shooting the victims. They are now having their punishment from the Indonesian court. Although, the Papuan Police had issued a report that showed evidence that military personnel took the shooting. Sadly, the important report and the evidence have deliberately been destroyed/disappeared.

 Incident 4th April 2003. The destruction of the Wamena Regional Headquarter’s Weapon Store that killed two Indonesian military personnel, Lieutenant Napitupulu and Sergeant Ruben Lena. The gunman was unidentified.

 Military operation in Kuyuwagi on April 19th, 2003 that killed 10 civilians and 61 people died of starvation in their hiding place in the jungle. Besides, churches, schools, and hospitals were destroyed and burned. People’s gardens were also destroyed by the Indonesian military.

 Incident 5th November 2003. Yustinus Murib and 9 other civilians were tortured and killed by the Indonesian military in Yeleka village, Kurulu district (Jiwika), Jayawijaya regency.

 Incident 17th August 2004. Special Arm Force personnel in Puncak Jaya killed Reverend Elisa Tabuni. At the same time military operations in Puncak Jaya was funded with the Papuan Special Autonomy Fund. The amount of the military operational fund was Rp. 2,520,000,000.00 (Two billion five hundred and twenty million rupiahs). This operation had forced native people to flee to the jungles where 60 people died of starvation.

There are efforts to create confusion of who committed crimes against humanity in Puncak Jaya. There is an accusation that the killing of the two Indonesian military soldiers and the raising of the Morning Star flag was a manipulation prepared by one candidate of the Puncak Jaya regent candidates.

The accusation was based on a very secret SPECIAL REPORT document from the Special Force (SATGASBAN-4 KOPASSUS Post 7, Mulia) No: R/01/LAPSUS/X/2006 dated 15th October 2006 Section: Social and Politics Re: Chronology of Anarchy Actions of the people who received fuel and petrol compensation fund (Direct Cash Fund) in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency. The document was signed by Captain Henry Mahyudi. The report was sent to the Special Force commander (SATGASBAN-4 KOPASSUS) in Jayapura.

The point of the 10 page-report was stated in the conclusions point 1 and point 3.

Point 1 : “The political conspiracy of Eliezer Renmaur (the ex-regent of Puncak Jaya) and the separatist groups was a step back away from the concept of the Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia as a Final Price. Eliezer Renmaur’s efforts to win the regional elections did not support the special autonomy law no 21/2001.”

Point 3: “The mass riots and conflicts caused by the people who received the Direct Cash Fund was a culmination of provokes and political moves of Elizer Renmaur and his supporters from the Indonesian Democratic Party, and also some involvement of the separatist groups who tried to cancel the regional elections in Puncak Jaya.

The questions are:

 Whether civilians and bureaucrats like Eliezer Renmaur have expertise in planning strategies and managing conflicts?

The history of the Melanesian people in West Papua has proven that it is only the military who had the theory of creating conflicts, maintaining the conflicts or allowing them to happen. The military have implemented the theory in West Papua since the 1st of May 1963 until the present.

In conclusion, all the incidents that have happened on Papuan land including the recent one in Pucak Jaya (8th December 2006) were the Indonesian government and the Indonesian military justification efforts to achieve their following main agenda:

The increase of the number of military personnel for the purpose of military operations in West Papua particularly in the central highland of West Papua.

Formation of new battalions and new military headquarters in all newly formed central highland regencies. The main reason was that these regions are not safe, therefore, any extension of regencies must be followed by the formation of new military headquarter.

The extension of the central Irian Jaya province and the South Irian Jaya province was based on the assumption that the OPM still exists and would cause disturbances in these regions. (In reality, the facts show that the fake OPM created by the Indonesian military was the one that always created disturbances).

Create Papua as a land of conflicts so the increase in number of military personnel may be justified. This also has become a source of funding projects for higher Indonesian military officers.

Systematic efforts of ethnic genocide of the native Papuans.

An appeal to the International community:

(We demand that):

The governments of USA. European Union, Australia, the Pacific Islands Forum, Asian Countries and the black people of the African continent to put pressure on the Indonesian government to open a peaceful and respectful dialogue with the native people of Papua to solve the tragedy of humanity in West Papua.

The implementation of the Special Autonomy No 21`/2001 must be re-evaluated by the Papuans and the international community because Special Autonomy has not guaranteed the survival and the basic rights of the native Papuans. Special Autonomy in fact has brought disaster and suffering to the native Papuans.

The UN Special Commission on Human Right needs to visit West Papua to investigate human rights abuses in West Papua.

(International) Human Rights activists/workers need to visit West Papua to investigate human rights abuses in West Papua.

Immediately stop all Indonesian military operations in West Papua by withdrawing all non-organic troops who have been working in disguise in all regions of West Papuan land.

Reported by: Socratez Sofyan Yoman

President of the Fellowship of West Papuan Baptist Churches

West Papua January, 4th, 2007

Sent by Matthew Jamieson

Institute for Papuan Advocacy & Human Rights

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