Papuan MP Says the Aimas Incident Was Engineered

Papuan MP Says the Aimas Incident Was Engineered

A Papuan member of the Indonesian parliament, DPR-RI, Diaz Gwijangge
said that he believes the the recent incident in the District of Aimas,
Region of Sorong, West Papua on 30 April when two people were killed had
been engineered.

'I believe that this incident was stage-managed and unfortunately it led
to the deaths of two Papuans and has attracted international attention.
The action seems not to have proceed as intended and resulted in the
death of two Papuans which has attracted international intention.These
days, Papua is under the intenational spotlight; this is a fact that
cannot been denied,' he said.

He also questioned the decision that investigation into the Aimas
incident would be conducted by the police. In his opinion, the
investigations should be conducted by an independent organisation so as
to ensure that everything is above board and people do not think that
something is being concealed.

'Why should the institution which was involved in the incident be the
ones to conduct the investigation? It is necessary to ensure that the
investigations are properly carried out and are seen to be fair so as to
ensure that nothing is being concealed. It seems to me,' he said, 'that
there is an attempt to hide something. We have Komnas HAM, (the National
Human Rights Commission) and other organisations or the churches which
could handle this case. Why have they not been involved?'

He also said he was not convinced that a Bintang Kejora, a Morning Star
Flag, had been found, belonging to the local community as well as a
membership card, which the police were claiming as evidence, during
their sweepings in the area, as the police are claiming.

'These can easily be said to have been found during searches that took
place during the sweeping because no one else was involved in the
investigations.. How do we know that this is true? It is just the old
refrain and the local people are the ones who get blamed.'

He went on to say that once again, some Papuans have been killed. Such
an occurrence is not going to solve the problems in Papua. On the
contrary, it will only mean that the situation in Papua continues to
get international attention.

'We must find a solution that is beneficial for all sides. Killing
Papuans is not going to solve anything. The security forces are only
drawing attention yet again to the human rights violations that are
occurring in Papua,' he said.

ENDS

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