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Bahasa Indonesia warga Papua tinggal di Papua Nugini dan di luar negeri selama 40 tahun kini dapat kembali untuk membangun kembali tanah air mereka di barat New Guinea, pemenang Penghargaan Logohu dan PNG wartawan Franz-Albert Joku mengatakan Dia baru saja kembali ke Port Moresby setelah negosiasi dengan pusat Bahasa Indonesia pemerintah dan pejabat pemerintah provinsi Papua pada otonomi khusus dan bagaimana orang Papua Barat di PNG dan luar negeri bisa berpartisipasi.
Para pemerintah PNG mendukung proses otonomi khusus di dua provinsi Indonesia, Papua dan Papua Barat dan PNG pejabat akan bekerjasama dengan pemerintah Indonesia dan pemerintah provinsi Papua untuk mendaftarkan Papua Barat yang melarikan diri dari Indonesia pada 1960-an, 1970-an dan 1980-an yang setuju untuk pulang ke rumah. Beberapa dari mereka mengikuti program repatriasi 19-22 November 2009.
"Kata Joku menghimbau Papua Barat berjuang untuk kemerdekaan di semak-semak dan gunung-gunung untuk mencapai kompromi dan bekerja bersama di bawah proses otonomi khusus baru," Harlyne Joku melaporkan di The Nasional (Port Morsby). "Dia bilang di bawah otonomi khusus, Papua Barat akan memiliki 85 persen kebebasan untuk memberdayakan diri mereka di tanah mereka sendiri. Dia berkata sekarang, langkah positif yang telah ditetapkan dan proses otonomi khusus disahkan oleh pemerintah Indonesia pada bulan Oktober 2001 mulai bekerja. Pemimpin sedang terpilih dalam proses demokrasi. "
Joku juga menarik berpendidikan Papua Barat tidak dapat penonton dari proses otonomi tetapi membuatnya bekerja, menambahkan ada kebebasan berbicara, gerakan dan pemilihan. Meskipun ayah mereka menuntut kemerdekaan politik, pemerintah Indonesia telah memberikan otonomi khusus.
"Tidak seperti sebelumnya ketika orang-orang berkuasa di bawah laras senapan. Jika semuanya berjalan seperti yang diharapkan di bawah otonomi khusus, antara tujuh dan sembilan tahun waktu, dalam pengembangan dari PNG," katanya. Jadi, jangan merasa ragu kembali ke Papua dan bersama-sama menciptakan tanah pembangunan dan perdamaian.
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Jumat, 25 Desember 2009
Rabu, 16 Desember 2009
Police arrest three over PT Freeport shooting incidents
Jayapura, Papua - Police on Monday arrested three yet-to-be-identified men believed to belong to an armed gang responsible for security disturbances in PT Freeport`s concession area in the easternmost province of Papua.The police made the arrest during security restoration operations at Kwamki Baru in Timika, capital of Mimika district, a police source said.The gang was believed to be responsible for three shooting incidents in the PT Freeport area earlier this month.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian working for the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at mile 53 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika district, Papua, on July 11. Grant was shot dead when travelling with other workers, Jhon Biggs, Maju Panjaitan, and Lidan Madandan in a car from Timika to Tembagapura.On July 12, unidentified gunmen again shot dead Markus Rante Allo, the company`s security guard, at mile 51. On July 13, Brigadier I Marson Freddy Pattipeilohy, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Monday, July 20, 2009 | National |Antara
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian working for the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at mile 53 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika district, Papua, on July 11. Grant was shot dead when travelling with other workers, Jhon Biggs, Maju Panjaitan, and Lidan Madandan in a car from Timika to Tembagapura.On July 12, unidentified gunmen again shot dead Markus Rante Allo, the company`s security guard, at mile 51. On July 13, Brigadier I Marson Freddy Pattipeilohy, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Monday, July 20, 2009 | National |Antara
Minggu, 26 Juli 2009
The benefits of conflict in West Papua for Benny Wenda
It is very interesting how the benefits of conflict may also take on different forms as follow: Economic profits Political power Psychological pleasure
A trustful sources from Oxford shared a shocking information about how Benny Wenda took a lot of benefits from false story about conflict in West Papua.
o Economic profits can be exploited by Benny Wenda by sucking British Taxpayer Money through his claim as an asylum seeker. Living in UK is very difficult, so there is no other way than maintaining conflict in West Papua. Furthermore, after several years enjoying free lunch from British Taxpayer money, Benny Wenda can not afford to loose the opportunity of raising his children in UK. Through the illicit fund raising by telling lies to British citizen, Benny Wenda successfully transform his mask from an asylum seeker pretender to a self exile leader of Papuan people in UK. He also equivocates to British Parliamentarians about the latest situation in West Papua, so he can control British Parliamentarians as his supporters.
o Political power. The self claim Papuan Leader Benny Wenda is a great pretender by playing innocent handsome cunning face. By doing so, British people feel pity and favour him as a victim of the most demonic government of Indonesia. Benny Wenda cleverly creates a justification for help because of Indonesian political repression.
o Psychological pleasure. The world can read clearly the intention and ambition of Benny Wenda as the future President of West Papua. It is more to conflict’s most perverse benefits, which can translate into a feeling of superiority and a messianic certitude regarding one’s actions.Here is the innocent face of liar who proclaim himself as the only Papuan leader who care about the future of West Papua.
The more democratic Indonesia, the more Benny Wenda affraid of loosing his grip in UK. That is why he is not patient enough to see the dynamic of democratization in Indonesia and West Papua. By seeing more and more Papuan involve in the local autonomy government, he is panic so he pushes the creation of International Parliamentarians for West Papua and soon the International Lawyers for West Papua in order the increase the tension in West Papua. It seems that Benny Wenda achieves a success, so he can save his ass temporarily. No matter how cunning Benny Wenda is, someday British citizens especially those who live in Oxford, Essex, Exeter and London will realize that Benny Wenda is true liar.
A trustful sources from Oxford shared a shocking information about how Benny Wenda took a lot of benefits from false story about conflict in West Papua.
o Economic profits can be exploited by Benny Wenda by sucking British Taxpayer Money through his claim as an asylum seeker. Living in UK is very difficult, so there is no other way than maintaining conflict in West Papua. Furthermore, after several years enjoying free lunch from British Taxpayer money, Benny Wenda can not afford to loose the opportunity of raising his children in UK. Through the illicit fund raising by telling lies to British citizen, Benny Wenda successfully transform his mask from an asylum seeker pretender to a self exile leader of Papuan people in UK. He also equivocates to British Parliamentarians about the latest situation in West Papua, so he can control British Parliamentarians as his supporters.
o Political power. The self claim Papuan Leader Benny Wenda is a great pretender by playing innocent handsome cunning face. By doing so, British people feel pity and favour him as a victim of the most demonic government of Indonesia. Benny Wenda cleverly creates a justification for help because of Indonesian political repression.
o Psychological pleasure. The world can read clearly the intention and ambition of Benny Wenda as the future President of West Papua. It is more to conflict’s most perverse benefits, which can translate into a feeling of superiority and a messianic certitude regarding one’s actions.Here is the innocent face of liar who proclaim himself as the only Papuan leader who care about the future of West Papua.
The more democratic Indonesia, the more Benny Wenda affraid of loosing his grip in UK. That is why he is not patient enough to see the dynamic of democratization in Indonesia and West Papua. By seeing more and more Papuan involve in the local autonomy government, he is panic so he pushes the creation of International Parliamentarians for West Papua and soon the International Lawyers for West Papua in order the increase the tension in West Papua. It seems that Benny Wenda achieves a success, so he can save his ass temporarily. No matter how cunning Benny Wenda is, someday British citizens especially those who live in Oxford, Essex, Exeter and London will realize that Benny Wenda is true liar.
Kamis, 23 Juli 2009
Republic of West Papua
The Republic of West Papua is a separatist-proposed state lead by Benny Wenda that would give empty hope to the people of Western New Guinea (the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua).
The Republic of West Papua was never declared even during the period of the withdrawal of the Dutch in 1963, but the act of free choice decided by West Papuan leaders to integrate to Indonesia
On July the 1st, 1971, after the free referendum held by the United Nations, the separatist Free Papua Movement unsuccessfully tried to proclaim Republic of West Papua again.
On 14 December 1984 the Republic of Great Melanesia or Melanesia Raya was self proclaimed, and no countries in the world recognize it. The Fourteen Stars Flag of the Great Melanesia which was created by Nicolaas jouwe hoisted.
The Great Melanesia conceptor and Proclamator Dr. Thomas Wapai Waiggai was arrested for instigating great communal conflict, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, shared the cell at Cipinang Prison in Jakarta with East Timor’s Fretilin Leader Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão. He died in prison within two years, suspected to be poisoned (if this accusation true, under Indonesian law, the case should be reopened for justice). There is no such law to punish people to death only because of treason act, especially if it is only flying flag (it might happened during the military autocratic system in Indonesia).
Unclear concept of “tribal democracy” has been proposed by Benny Wenda of the Koteka Tribal Assembly Council or Demmak (Dewan Musyawarah Masyarakat Adat Koteka) and Koteka tribes to get political power over 250 different ethnic groups in Papua. However, Benny Wenda failed and joined his brother Mathias Wenda (Free Papua Army) to terrorize West Papua people.
Benny Wenda all togetehr with the Free Papua Army failed to get support from the people, sohe tried something more attractive by killing a security officer and then blame it to the Police. He was arrested and then he could manage to run by the help of corrupt prison officers.
Demmak which was established in 1999, as a confederation of Koteka Tribes, united and organised under a General Assembly Council. Sem Karoba one of Benny Wenda’s followers says, “Tribal Democracy for West Papua is not a new idea or concept at all. It is just the written explanation and presentation of the existing system of governance that already exist in West Papua and Melanesia in general since the time immemorial, practiced daily even today.” Karoba just tries to formulate the tribal system of governance and making it presentable and understandable to the world’s democratic society. In other words, tribal democracy is a tool of controlling different ethnic groups by cooptation and in reality there is no freedom at all.
The real democracy was introduced in West Papua after the reform movement in Indonesia 1998. Now West Papua and Papua provinces of Indonesia are managed by West Papuan leaders choosen by the people through the process of fair and open election.
Why then I am talking about Republic of West Papua? It is simply to remind all Papuan people and the world that there are many dangerous people like Benny Wenda who always talk about the rights of West Papuan, but actually he doesn’tt care which way is the best for West Papuan. All he cares is only to get power, money and sympathy, so he could survive in his difficult time in the United Kingdom.
The Republic of West Papua was never declared even during the period of the withdrawal of the Dutch in 1963, but the act of free choice decided by West Papuan leaders to integrate to Indonesia
On July the 1st, 1971, after the free referendum held by the United Nations, the separatist Free Papua Movement unsuccessfully tried to proclaim Republic of West Papua again.
On 14 December 1984 the Republic of Great Melanesia or Melanesia Raya was self proclaimed, and no countries in the world recognize it. The Fourteen Stars Flag of the Great Melanesia which was created by Nicolaas jouwe hoisted.
The Great Melanesia conceptor and Proclamator Dr. Thomas Wapai Waiggai was arrested for instigating great communal conflict, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, shared the cell at Cipinang Prison in Jakarta with East Timor’s Fretilin Leader Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão. He died in prison within two years, suspected to be poisoned (if this accusation true, under Indonesian law, the case should be reopened for justice). There is no such law to punish people to death only because of treason act, especially if it is only flying flag (it might happened during the military autocratic system in Indonesia).
Unclear concept of “tribal democracy” has been proposed by Benny Wenda of the Koteka Tribal Assembly Council or Demmak (Dewan Musyawarah Masyarakat Adat Koteka) and Koteka tribes to get political power over 250 different ethnic groups in Papua. However, Benny Wenda failed and joined his brother Mathias Wenda (Free Papua Army) to terrorize West Papua people.
Benny Wenda all togetehr with the Free Papua Army failed to get support from the people, sohe tried something more attractive by killing a security officer and then blame it to the Police. He was arrested and then he could manage to run by the help of corrupt prison officers.
Demmak which was established in 1999, as a confederation of Koteka Tribes, united and organised under a General Assembly Council. Sem Karoba one of Benny Wenda’s followers says, “Tribal Democracy for West Papua is not a new idea or concept at all. It is just the written explanation and presentation of the existing system of governance that already exist in West Papua and Melanesia in general since the time immemorial, practiced daily even today.” Karoba just tries to formulate the tribal system of governance and making it presentable and understandable to the world’s democratic society. In other words, tribal democracy is a tool of controlling different ethnic groups by cooptation and in reality there is no freedom at all.
The real democracy was introduced in West Papua after the reform movement in Indonesia 1998. Now West Papua and Papua provinces of Indonesia are managed by West Papuan leaders choosen by the people through the process of fair and open election.
Why then I am talking about Republic of West Papua? It is simply to remind all Papuan people and the world that there are many dangerous people like Benny Wenda who always talk about the rights of West Papuan, but actually he doesn’tt care which way is the best for West Papuan. All he cares is only to get power, money and sympathy, so he could survive in his difficult time in the United Kingdom.
PT Freeport bus convoy ambushed on way to Tembagapura
Timika (ANTARA News) - Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday ambushed a convoy of 12 buses carrying PT Freeport workers to their work place with unverifiable reports saying a number of people were hurt. The convoy with police and military escort was on its way from Timika to Tembagapura and the ambush happened at a point between Mile 52 and Mile 53 at 11:15 local time. Because of the incident, the convoy was forced to return to its starting point at Mile 50.
According to unofficial sources, a number of people in the bus convoy were hurt by the gun men`s fire but local security officials were not available to give further details. The buses were carrying hundreds of mostly male PT Freeport workers who had boarded the vehicles at a terminal at Mile 50 to be transported to Tembagapura. One of the workers said they were happy to return to work although they remained uncertain about security conditions on their way to Tembagapura."We were told today to return to Tembagapura by bus in a convoy, guarded by military and police personnel," said Anto, one of the workers.
Anto said PT Freeport had prepared about 12 buses to transport them to Tembagapura but he was not certain what time the buses would leave.On Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of the US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, was killed in the Freeport concession area in Papua.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). Drew Grant was shot in the chest and neck. On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport. Then on Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua Province, after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Thursday, July 23, 2009 00:44 WIB | National |
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According to unofficial sources, a number of people in the bus convoy were hurt by the gun men`s fire but local security officials were not available to give further details. The buses were carrying hundreds of mostly male PT Freeport workers who had boarded the vehicles at a terminal at Mile 50 to be transported to Tembagapura. One of the workers said they were happy to return to work although they remained uncertain about security conditions on their way to Tembagapura."We were told today to return to Tembagapura by bus in a convoy, guarded by military and police personnel," said Anto, one of the workers.
Anto said PT Freeport had prepared about 12 buses to transport them to Tembagapura but he was not certain what time the buses would leave.On Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of the US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, was killed in the Freeport concession area in Papua.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). Drew Grant was shot in the chest and neck. On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport. Then on Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua Province, after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Thursday, July 23, 2009 00:44 WIB | National |
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Minggu, 19 Juli 2009
Police arrest three over PT Freeport shooting incidents
Jayapura, Papua - Police on Monday arrested three yet-to-be-identified men believed to belong to an armed gang responsible for security disturbances in PT Freeport`s concession area in the easternmost province of Papua.The police made the arrest during security restoration operations at Kwamki Baru in Timika, capital of Mimika district, a police source said.The gang was believed to be responsible for three shooting incidents in the PT Freeport area earlier this month.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian working for the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at mile 53 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika district, Papua, on July 11. Grant was shot dead when travelling with other workers, Jhon Biggs, Maju Panjaitan, and Lidan Madandan in a car from Timika to Tembagapura.On July 12, unidentified gunmen again shot dead Markus Rante Allo, the company`s security guard, at mile 51. On July 13, Brigadier I Marson Freddy Pattipeilohy, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Monday, July 20, 2009 | National |Antara
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian working for the Indonesian subsidiary of US-based mining giant Freeport, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at mile 53 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika district, Papua, on July 11. Grant was shot dead when travelling with other workers, Jhon Biggs, Maju Panjaitan, and Lidan Madandan in a car from Timika to Tembagapura.On July 12, unidentified gunmen again shot dead Markus Rante Allo, the company`s security guard, at mile 51. On July 13, Brigadier I Marson Freddy Pattipeilohy, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 after reportedly gone missing earlier.
Source : Monday, July 20, 2009 | National |Antara
Police set up more security posts along Timika-Tembagapura roads
Timika, Papua - Papua Police have set up more security posts along Timika-Tembagapura roads within the area of US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia, the Papua police chief said.Eight new security posts were established in strategic areas, Inspector General Bagus Ekodanto, head of the Papua provincial police, said here on Sunday.
The temporary security posts were made of modified containers and guarded by a joint team of police and military personnel, he said."We get the assistance of two military units from the Military Regional Command (Kodam) XVII Cenderawasih to join the police in protecting PT.Freeport area. We are jointly hunting down the perpetrators who had shot civilians and security personnel over the past week," Ins. Gen. Ekodanto said. Papua police also would continue to probe the case, he said. At least 20 people, including security guards on duty during the shooting incidents, had been grilled by the police.
The Papua provincial police have intensified security precautions for foreigners in Timika, especially in the US mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) area, Timika had more foreigners than in other areas in Papua and West Papua provinces, Inspector General Ekodanto said. Since Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, had been killed and seven others injured. Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown people at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport. On Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura.
Because of that, PT Freeport has forbidden its employees to travel between Tembagapura and Timika in Papua as of Wednesday (July 15) for security reasons. PT Freeport spokesman, Mindo Pangaribuan, told ANTARA company employees whose weekly day-off fell on Wednesday and were now resting in Timika had been requested for security reasons to stay in Timika and not to go to Tembagapura.Those working in Tembagapura where the company`s gold and copper mines are located were not allowed to go to Timika for their own safety, he said.
The restriction was imposed following shooting incidents by unknown armed groups, including the latest incident at Mile 49 on Tuesday. To optimize the mining company`s operations, employees at Tembagapura had been put on extra working schedules in line with the company`s policy. Meanwhile, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has urged the police to immediately deal with the shooting incidents which killed a PT Freeport employee and a policeman in Papua in order to reveal the motive of the murders.He also urged the police to investigate the motive of the gunmen , whether it was purely criminal or political.
Source : July 19, 2009| National |Antara
The temporary security posts were made of modified containers and guarded by a joint team of police and military personnel, he said."We get the assistance of two military units from the Military Regional Command (Kodam) XVII Cenderawasih to join the police in protecting PT.Freeport area. We are jointly hunting down the perpetrators who had shot civilians and security personnel over the past week," Ins. Gen. Ekodanto said. Papua police also would continue to probe the case, he said. At least 20 people, including security guards on duty during the shooting incidents, had been grilled by the police.
The Papua provincial police have intensified security precautions for foreigners in Timika, especially in the US mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) area, Timika had more foreigners than in other areas in Papua and West Papua provinces, Inspector General Ekodanto said. Since Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, had been killed and seven others injured. Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown people at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport. On Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura.
Because of that, PT Freeport has forbidden its employees to travel between Tembagapura and Timika in Papua as of Wednesday (July 15) for security reasons. PT Freeport spokesman, Mindo Pangaribuan, told ANTARA company employees whose weekly day-off fell on Wednesday and were now resting in Timika had been requested for security reasons to stay in Timika and not to go to Tembagapura.Those working in Tembagapura where the company`s gold and copper mines are located were not allowed to go to Timika for their own safety, he said.
The restriction was imposed following shooting incidents by unknown armed groups, including the latest incident at Mile 49 on Tuesday. To optimize the mining company`s operations, employees at Tembagapura had been put on extra working schedules in line with the company`s policy. Meanwhile, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has urged the police to immediately deal with the shooting incidents which killed a PT Freeport employee and a policeman in Papua in order to reveal the motive of the murders.He also urged the police to investigate the motive of the gunmen , whether it was purely criminal or political.
Source : July 19, 2009| National |Antara
Kamis, 16 Juli 2009
Papua Council wants independent investigation into Freeport incident
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The Papua Council Presidium (PDP) has called on the central government to form an independent team to investigate a series of shooting incidents near a gold and copper mine in Papua.PDP secretary general Thaha M. Alhamid said on Thursday the team probing the shootings on the road to Freeport Indonesia's Gresberg mine could include people from the government, security authorities and members of civil society strongly committed to disclosing the truth behind the incidents. "Let's support an independent investigation to find facts, what and who are behind this incident," Thoha told Antara news agency on Thursday.
Five shooting incidents occurred in the past few days along the road between the town of Timika and the Grasberg mine, killing three people: an Australian working for Freeport, a Freeport security guard and a police officer, as well as injuring several other security officers.Authorities initially named Free Papua Organization (OPM) leader Kelly Kwalik as the suspected mastermind of the attacks, but official statements now refer to an armed group of professional marksmen.
The National Police and the Army have deployed officers to investigate the series of shootings and have started to comb the area around the site of the attacks.Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono asked people to refrain from speculating on police rivalry in comments to the Jakarta Foreign Correspondent's Club Wednesday, as quoted by the Associated Press. But he noted that "rouge elements" in the military might have had a hand in the unrest.
Official visits wounded police officers in Timika
Markus Makur , The Jakarta Post , Timika, Papua | Thu, 07/16/2009
Secretary to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Lt. Gen. Romulo Simbolon, visited Thursday five police officers wounded during a series of attacks by unidentified gunmen near PT Freeport Indoneisa’s Grasberg gold and copper mine in Mimika, Papua. Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto accompanied Romulo during the visit at Mitra Masyarakat Hospital in Timika.Romulo denied claims the perpetrators of the attacks were trained soldiers.
Three people, including Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian employed by Freeport, died in the spate of attacks between Saturday and Wednesday. The five police officers were injured in the latest attack.No gunfight was reported Thursday as Mobile Brigade and counter-terror police personnel continued their manhunt and secured the access road to the mine, preventing Freeport employees from commuting to work. The police have begun wearing bullet-proof vests in anticipation of further attacks.
A number of journalists are waiting for a media conference, in which Bagus and Freeport officials will brief them on the latest developments of the investigation into the attacks
Source : Antara, 07/16/2009 | National
Kalimat berikutnya
The Papua Council Presidium (PDP) has called on the central government to form an independent team to investigate a series of shooting incidents near a gold and copper mine in Papua.PDP secretary general Thaha M. Alhamid said on Thursday the team probing the shootings on the road to Freeport Indonesia's Gresberg mine could include people from the government, security authorities and members of civil society strongly committed to disclosing the truth behind the incidents. "Let's support an independent investigation to find facts, what and who are behind this incident," Thoha told Antara news agency on Thursday.
Five shooting incidents occurred in the past few days along the road between the town of Timika and the Grasberg mine, killing three people: an Australian working for Freeport, a Freeport security guard and a police officer, as well as injuring several other security officers.Authorities initially named Free Papua Organization (OPM) leader Kelly Kwalik as the suspected mastermind of the attacks, but official statements now refer to an armed group of professional marksmen.
The National Police and the Army have deployed officers to investigate the series of shootings and have started to comb the area around the site of the attacks.Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono asked people to refrain from speculating on police rivalry in comments to the Jakarta Foreign Correspondent's Club Wednesday, as quoted by the Associated Press. But he noted that "rouge elements" in the military might have had a hand in the unrest.
Official visits wounded police officers in Timika
Markus Makur , The Jakarta Post , Timika, Papua | Thu, 07/16/2009
Secretary to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Lt. Gen. Romulo Simbolon, visited Thursday five police officers wounded during a series of attacks by unidentified gunmen near PT Freeport Indoneisa’s Grasberg gold and copper mine in Mimika, Papua. Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto accompanied Romulo during the visit at Mitra Masyarakat Hospital in Timika.Romulo denied claims the perpetrators of the attacks were trained soldiers.
Three people, including Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian employed by Freeport, died in the spate of attacks between Saturday and Wednesday. The five police officers were injured in the latest attack.No gunfight was reported Thursday as Mobile Brigade and counter-terror police personnel continued their manhunt and secured the access road to the mine, preventing Freeport employees from commuting to work. The police have begun wearing bullet-proof vests in anticipation of further attacks.
A number of journalists are waiting for a media conference, in which Bagus and Freeport officials will brief them on the latest developments of the investigation into the attacks
Source : Antara, 07/16/2009 | National
Rabu, 15 Juli 2009
Who’s the actor behind shooting incident in Papua
Shooting incident was occurred July 11 2009 and killed a Australian’s mining expert Drew Nicholas Grant , Freeport security guard, identified as Markus Rattealo and and a police officer assigned to secure the company Second Brig, Marsom Patipea, make Papua as a mysterious island. An investigation is now underway for the killing of an expatriate employee, a local security guard for the American mining company PT Freeport Indonesia and a police officer. The military has reportedly rounded up a number of people associated with a separatist rebel movement, although officials admitted that they could not have been anywhere near the incident to have been able to conduct the shooting.
The incident took place near the Mile 51 area where seven Freeport employees, including two Americans who taught at a Timika school, were killed in 2002. Although some local Papuans have been sentenced to jail for this ambush killing, the case has not been resolved fully with many questions remaining unanswered to this day.
It is questionable whether the low level intensity of guerilla warfare by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) justifies the strong military presence in the area. If anything, the tight security measures imposed are at the expense of greater transparency. The tight security blanket confirms the suspicion of many international human rights groups that the government is hiding something.
Others speculate that the tensions and conflicts in Papua are a manifestation of the rivalries and interests of different government agencies in Jakarta, including the police, the military and the business world. Whether this is true or not is no longer relevant because that image has been implanted firmly thanks to the government’s own policy.
A more open and transparent policy in Papua, even with its consequences to the security situation, is by far still the better option to pursue. Let’s hope the investigation of the latest shooting will be conducted in that spirit, for the sake of establishing justice for the victims, but more importantly for justice of the
people of Papua
Source : The Jakarta Post | Tue, 07/14/2009 9:40 AM | Opinion
The incident took place near the Mile 51 area where seven Freeport employees, including two Americans who taught at a Timika school, were killed in 2002. Although some local Papuans have been sentenced to jail for this ambush killing, the case has not been resolved fully with many questions remaining unanswered to this day.
It is questionable whether the low level intensity of guerilla warfare by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) justifies the strong military presence in the area. If anything, the tight security measures imposed are at the expense of greater transparency. The tight security blanket confirms the suspicion of many international human rights groups that the government is hiding something.
Others speculate that the tensions and conflicts in Papua are a manifestation of the rivalries and interests of different government agencies in Jakarta, including the police, the military and the business world. Whether this is true or not is no longer relevant because that image has been implanted firmly thanks to the government’s own policy.
A more open and transparent policy in Papua, even with its consequences to the security situation, is by far still the better option to pursue. Let’s hope the investigation of the latest shooting will be conducted in that spirit, for the sake of establishing justice for the victims, but more importantly for justice of the
people of Papua
Source : The Jakarta Post | Tue, 07/14/2009 9:40 AM | Opinion
Selasa, 14 Juli 2009
Timika ambush death toll rises to three
Markus Makur,
A police officer was found dead Monday on a section of the road connecting Timika and PT Freeport Indonesia’s Grassberg mine in Tembagapura in Papua, after being declared missing following an attack on a convoy of police troops on Sunday.
The body of Second Brig. Marson was discovered in a ravine in Mile 64 of the road in Tembagapura district, Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said Monday.
Marson was among the police personnel flanking Freeport security guards who were ambushed by a group of armed people on Sunday. Freeport security guard Markus Rante Allo was killed in the attack.
Papua Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Riady Koni said the police found Marson’s body after sifting through the site of the ambush. They had discovered Marson’s firearms shortly after the attack. Freeport’s Australian employee Drew Nicholas Grant was killed in a separate ambush on Saturday.
Source : The Jakarta Post , Timika | Mon, 07/13/2009 | National
A police officer was found dead Monday on a section of the road connecting Timika and PT Freeport Indonesia’s Grassberg mine in Tembagapura in Papua, after being declared missing following an attack on a convoy of police troops on Sunday.
The body of Second Brig. Marson was discovered in a ravine in Mile 64 of the road in Tembagapura district, Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said Monday.
Marson was among the police personnel flanking Freeport security guards who were ambushed by a group of armed people on Sunday. Freeport security guard Markus Rante Allo was killed in the attack.
Papua Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Riady Koni said the police found Marson’s body after sifting through the site of the ambush. They had discovered Marson’s firearms shortly after the attack. Freeport’s Australian employee Drew Nicholas Grant was killed in a separate ambush on Saturday.
Source : The Jakarta Post , Timika | Mon, 07/13/2009 | National
Papua peaceful despite attacks
After shooting incident in Timika, situation in all city of papua are peaceful as statement’s The National Police considers security in Papua stable despite a series of attacks on PT Freeport Indonesia in Mimika regency over the weekend, which killed three people. A spokesman for the National Police, Brig. Gen. Sulistyo Ishak, said the police had taken tough measures to maintain security around Freeport’s operational site and Papua in general.
The National Police Headquarters has sent a counter-terror squad to help the local police hunt down perpetrators of the attacks, the victims of which included a police officer."We are considering dispatch of reinforcement troops to support the operation, but it will depend on development in the field,” Sulistyo was quoted by Antara state news agency. He called on local people to help police locate the armed group who perpetrated the ambushTo Overcome the incident, Papua administration is planning to open a dialogue involving all elements of society in the hope of achieving common ground on the recent terror attacks in the province. We have agreed to hold the forum in the coming days, because the dialogue was crucial to avoid public suspicion and the spread of terror Papua Deputy Governor Alex Hasegem
Source : Archipelago | Mon, 07/13/2009 | National
The National Police Headquarters has sent a counter-terror squad to help the local police hunt down perpetrators of the attacks, the victims of which included a police officer."We are considering dispatch of reinforcement troops to support the operation, but it will depend on development in the field,” Sulistyo was quoted by Antara state news agency. He called on local people to help police locate the armed group who perpetrated the ambushTo Overcome the incident, Papua administration is planning to open a dialogue involving all elements of society in the hope of achieving common ground on the recent terror attacks in the province. We have agreed to hold the forum in the coming days, because the dialogue was crucial to avoid public suspicion and the spread of terror Papua Deputy Governor Alex Hasegem
Source : Archipelago | Mon, 07/13/2009 | National
Rabu, 10 Juni 2009
Encounters with The Dani
First published in 2003, Encounters With The Dani, a history of contact with the Dani tribe, is a book worth revisiting. It was written, photographed and designed by Susan Meiselas, one of the most influential and important documentary photographers working today.
Meiselas, who studied anthropology before she became a professional photographer, consistently pushes beyond the traditional boundaries of documentary photography. Her work includes a wide variety of media, including installation and film. In Encounters with the Dani, Meiselas pieces together found documents that describe the history of contact between the outside world and the Danai of the West Papuan highlands, who were only “discovered” in 1938.
At the end of the book, Meiselas tells the story of the journey that led to the making of Encounters with the Danai. It began in 1988, when she joined a reconstruction expedition of the 1964 documentary film about the Dani, Dead Birds.
Eleven years later, in 1999, Meiselas wrote to the Nederlands Foto Instituut (NFI), saying: “I want to explore the ways in which the Dani have been seen by travelers, anthropologists, missionaries, colonialists, and perhaps themselves, throughout this century, and, through available technology, create access to that work and a dialogue with the Dani about that representation”.
Four years later, Encounters With The Dani was published in New York. Before the publication of the book however, Meiselas exhibited an interactive digital display of the project in 2001 at the NFI, Rotterdam.
The same materials traveled to Montreal as part of Mois de la Photo 2001. Finally it was included in the first 2003 ICP (International Photography Center) Triennial of photography and video in New York, before starting its journey in book form.
Structured chronologically (1938-2000), this book is divided into eight chapters of crucial moments from 60 years of the Dani’s encounters with the outside world.
The first part of the book begins with an aerial view of the Baliem Valley, a chapter entitled Expedition and Accidents of Discovery (1938-1945).
This photograph, taken for the American Museum of Natural History on June 23, 1938, by a wealthy American explorer, Richard Archbold, not only visually represents the valley, but also shows how aerial photography has played an essential role in the use of photography as an instrument of symbolic control of the Terra Incognita.
The camera is employed as a tool with which to fill in the blanks, thereby satisfying our yearning for complete knowledge.
The people, shown later in this book, “were viewed as a curiosity by the press and the public, as savages waiting to be converted by Christian missionaries, or as political pawns in a wider struggle for control of the region”.
The photo of former dangdut queen Elvi Sukaesih dancing with the Dani tribesmen during an Independence Day celebration in 1972 in the chapter called “The Indonesianization (1970-1992)” serves as a fine example of this mentality.
Encounters with the Dani places equal emphasis on images and the written word. The Dani are revealed and reshaped through archival artifacts: old photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, stamps, field notes, cartoons, letters, postcards and interviews.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Meiselas, who studied anthropology before she became a professional photographer, consistently pushes beyond the traditional boundaries of documentary photography. Her work includes a wide variety of media, including installation and film. In Encounters with the Dani, Meiselas pieces together found documents that describe the history of contact between the outside world and the Danai of the West Papuan highlands, who were only “discovered” in 1938.
At the end of the book, Meiselas tells the story of the journey that led to the making of Encounters with the Danai. It began in 1988, when she joined a reconstruction expedition of the 1964 documentary film about the Dani, Dead Birds.
Eleven years later, in 1999, Meiselas wrote to the Nederlands Foto Instituut (NFI), saying: “I want to explore the ways in which the Dani have been seen by travelers, anthropologists, missionaries, colonialists, and perhaps themselves, throughout this century, and, through available technology, create access to that work and a dialogue with the Dani about that representation”.
Four years later, Encounters With The Dani was published in New York. Before the publication of the book however, Meiselas exhibited an interactive digital display of the project in 2001 at the NFI, Rotterdam.
The same materials traveled to Montreal as part of Mois de la Photo 2001. Finally it was included in the first 2003 ICP (International Photography Center) Triennial of photography and video in New York, before starting its journey in book form.
Structured chronologically (1938-2000), this book is divided into eight chapters of crucial moments from 60 years of the Dani’s encounters with the outside world.
The first part of the book begins with an aerial view of the Baliem Valley, a chapter entitled Expedition and Accidents of Discovery (1938-1945).
This photograph, taken for the American Museum of Natural History on June 23, 1938, by a wealthy American explorer, Richard Archbold, not only visually represents the valley, but also shows how aerial photography has played an essential role in the use of photography as an instrument of symbolic control of the Terra Incognita.
The camera is employed as a tool with which to fill in the blanks, thereby satisfying our yearning for complete knowledge.
The people, shown later in this book, “were viewed as a curiosity by the press and the public, as savages waiting to be converted by Christian missionaries, or as political pawns in a wider struggle for control of the region”.
The photo of former dangdut queen Elvi Sukaesih dancing with the Dani tribesmen during an Independence Day celebration in 1972 in the chapter called “The Indonesianization (1970-1992)” serves as a fine example of this mentality.
Encounters with the Dani places equal emphasis on images and the written word. The Dani are revealed and reshaped through archival artifacts: old photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, stamps, field notes, cartoons, letters, postcards and interviews.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Minggu, 12 April 2009
Amungme tribespeople start enjoying rice
Markus Makur
Amungme tribespeople have exchanged rice for potatoes, cultivating their new staple on a 5-hectare plot in the Agimuga district in Mimika regency, Papua. Over the last three years, the tribespeople have produced hundreds of tons of rice.
Djafar Baco, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Technology Assessment Agency at the Makassar-based Hasanuddin University, said on Tuesday that their lands in the Aramsolki kampong are fertile and suitable for growing various crops such as carrots and onions. The local people had previously grown these crops but their harvests could not be sold and were left to rot due to the lack of cheap transportation to Timika, the capital of Mimika regency.
Djafar, who has been researching the Agimuga land since 2007, explained all Indonesian varieties of rice could be cultivated there. "I'm proud to see the willingness of Amungme tribespeople to grow rice of the *Gogo' type," Djafar said. Djafar was appointed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Papuan Agriculture Development Alliance in cooperation with the giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Assisted by Stefanus Susant of the Mimika Agriculture Office, Djafar said he had advised the local people to grow rice. "Over the last three years, rice production here has been promising, which has encouraged other people to expand their paddy fields," Djafar said.
The rice is sold to a cooperative the Amungme tribe founded in cooperation with the Timika Church Diocese. There have so far been seven groups of farmers in Aramsolki under the guidance of USAID, which also provides equipment, including hand tractors and rice-milling machines.
Pius Ilimagay, head of the Aramsolki kampong, explained there was no longer any need for local villagers to buy expensive rice in Timika, which can only be reached by sea and air. Residents from five other kampongs in the district now buy rice from Aramsolki, rather than Timika. It takes up to two days to travel between the kampongs on foot. Ilimagay said despite the addition of rice crops, the local people still continued planting potatoes and tubers to meet demand.
He explained Amungme tribespeople no longer needed cash assistance but still required more direct guidance on properly cultivating and harvesting the rice crops. "We ask the Mimika administration to assist by providing quality rice seeds and agricultural experts. Don't just give the Amungme people money - teach them how to maximize their agricultural potential."
Hengky Walilo, from the local Aramsolki Catholic church, said USAID and Freeport had made a real difference as the local people were now able to harvest and eat rice. She said instead of simply talking, the companies had provided what the people needed.
The coordinator of the Papua Agriculture Development Alliance Project, Kornel Gartner, explained Aramsolki kampong was chosen to plant rice because the Catholic church has traditionally introduced agricultural practice to the local people, since Dutch colonial times. Another project being developed is the Papuan coffee plantation, which will be marketed overseas.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Amungme tribespeople have exchanged rice for potatoes, cultivating their new staple on a 5-hectare plot in the Agimuga district in Mimika regency, Papua. Over the last three years, the tribespeople have produced hundreds of tons of rice.
Djafar Baco, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Technology Assessment Agency at the Makassar-based Hasanuddin University, said on Tuesday that their lands in the Aramsolki kampong are fertile and suitable for growing various crops such as carrots and onions. The local people had previously grown these crops but their harvests could not be sold and were left to rot due to the lack of cheap transportation to Timika, the capital of Mimika regency.
Djafar, who has been researching the Agimuga land since 2007, explained all Indonesian varieties of rice could be cultivated there. "I'm proud to see the willingness of Amungme tribespeople to grow rice of the *Gogo' type," Djafar said. Djafar was appointed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Papuan Agriculture Development Alliance in cooperation with the giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Assisted by Stefanus Susant of the Mimika Agriculture Office, Djafar said he had advised the local people to grow rice. "Over the last three years, rice production here has been promising, which has encouraged other people to expand their paddy fields," Djafar said.
The rice is sold to a cooperative the Amungme tribe founded in cooperation with the Timika Church Diocese. There have so far been seven groups of farmers in Aramsolki under the guidance of USAID, which also provides equipment, including hand tractors and rice-milling machines.
Pius Ilimagay, head of the Aramsolki kampong, explained there was no longer any need for local villagers to buy expensive rice in Timika, which can only be reached by sea and air. Residents from five other kampongs in the district now buy rice from Aramsolki, rather than Timika. It takes up to two days to travel between the kampongs on foot. Ilimagay said despite the addition of rice crops, the local people still continued planting potatoes and tubers to meet demand.
He explained Amungme tribespeople no longer needed cash assistance but still required more direct guidance on properly cultivating and harvesting the rice crops. "We ask the Mimika administration to assist by providing quality rice seeds and agricultural experts. Don't just give the Amungme people money - teach them how to maximize their agricultural potential."
Hengky Walilo, from the local Aramsolki Catholic church, said USAID and Freeport had made a real difference as the local people were now able to harvest and eat rice. She said instead of simply talking, the companies had provided what the people needed.
The coordinator of the Papua Agriculture Development Alliance Project, Kornel Gartner, explained Aramsolki kampong was chosen to plant rice because the Catholic church has traditionally introduced agricultural practice to the local people, since Dutch colonial times. Another project being developed is the Papuan coffee plantation, which will be marketed overseas.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Kamis, 26 Maret 2009
Papua: the Wound Is Still Not Cured
HIV, Special Autonomy, and Tribal Was are the most crucial problem to be solved in Papua. What the worse on those problem then has been written by young journalists of Papua, as they try to dismantle the problems and to share the information with us by the book titled Luka Papua: HIV, Otonomi Khusus, dan Perang Suku (Papua’s Wound: HIV, Special Autonomy, and Tribal War).
Deadly Virus
Papua has the second largest number of HIV/AIDS infected in Indonesia, after the Jakarta Province. Billions rupiah has been given by the government and fund organizations to overcome and prevent the epidemic. Miraculously, the more money is given, the more people are infected by this deadly virus. So, what is the problem?
A zero survey, which was conducted in 1992, concluded that HIV/AIDS was firstly found in 1993 in Merauke. People in Merauke, and other cities in Papua believed that AIDS was brought to Merauke by fishermen from Thailand. But lately, those who concern about HIV/AIDS in Papua doubted this presumption, for no research can ever prove it. From their point of view, fishermen from Thailand are only accused as the black sheep, because Merauke gives many opportunities to people who come to the city, as well as to its inhabitants to go in and out of the city, and they are free to have the unsafe sexual relationship.
The government and several NGOs have tried to prevent and overcome the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, but the number of infected people in Papua has not decreased yet. This situation then triggered an assumption about the misuse of fund for dealing with the HIV/AIDS. The assumption appeared because there is no transparency about the budget, and how the government allocate and manage the fund.
Instead of solving the problem of HIV/AIDS and trying to find the solution, the Papua administration are still unable to eradicate stigma and discrimination against the HIV/AIDS infected people. Religion figures and their institution have not given concrete solution in dealing with HIV/AIDS. For instance, people in Merauke often bury the body of people with HIV/AIDS in the night silently. The funeral was only attended by few people. Not to mention the story of people who committed suicide because of knowing him or herself positively infected by HIV.
Although Boven Digul Regent Yusak Yaluwo said that people with AIDS (ODHA) are also human and they need to be supported by the community, but Boven Digul Local Administration (Pemda) in fact has a plan to build a hospital with a special room for ODHA, so that ODHA will not be free to mingle with other people and spread the HIV/AIDS. Papua local administration even intends to installed microchip inside the body of ODHA. This issue is written on the local administration regulation in health sector that regulates about HIV/AIDS. The participants of the Second National Congress of ODHA in West Java on August 2007 seriously refuse that plan.
Prostitution, which happens in the downtown of Merauke and its forest, is pointed as the place where HIV/AIDS virus spreads out. In fact, the government tries to press the HIV/AIDS epidemic by displaying an advice to use condoms. But most of the prostitute’s customers are still unwilling to use it. As a matter of fact, the reluctant in using condom related to the culture that strongly embraced by Papua people until now. They have a belief that sperm should not be wasted for any reason, including considering that using condom while having sex is a taboo.
HIV/AIDS does not only cause a worry to the people who live in the city. Young journalists, who write this book, have also made an investigation which found that HIV/AIDS virus spread to the inside of forest. In Asmat forest, for example, the eaglewood tree become the trigger of this case. This research said that a prostitution area was built in 1997 in this hunting area. The prostitution area was only built under the blue tarpaulin and supported by rahai wood (Acacia Spp). The worst is, there are only three prostitutes who have to serve tens of eaglewood seekers. It has been going for a very long time, about two or three years. For this long time, the wood seekers have never used condoms.
The HIV/AIDS issue then becomes more interesting as rumors about genocide come up, and are related to the increasing HIV/AIDS cases in Papua. HIV/AIDS is assumed as a way to practice genocide in Papua and it is accused as the source of the decreasing of Papua people’s opportunity to live.. A report from West Papua Project and ELSHAM published in 2005 stated that Papua people have been living in fear for last 50 years. How the Indonesia military fight against the separatist groups - including the people who support them, how the HIV/AIDS rises, and how the malnutrition taunts them are pointed as the genocide toward the Papua people. Pro and contra appeared regarding to the issue of using HIV/AIDS as a genocide practice in Papua.
Sendius Wonda in his book “Tenggelamnya Rumpun Melanesia: Pertarungan Politik NKRI di Papua Barat (The Disappear of Melanesia Clump: A Republic of Indonesia Political Fight in West Papua)” also states that HIV/AIDS is one of the genocide triggers in Papua. That book was banned by the District Attorney of Jayapura based on the General Attorney decree on Kep-123/A/JA/11/2007. But, it is still too soon to talk about the Papua genocide.. Genocide can be happened if the military violence, terror, and HIV/AIDS strike in the same time. As long as there is still effort to tackle the HIV/AIDS from the government, the society, and the non-governmental organization, genocide doesn’t need to be discussed.
Money Rain on the Papua Land
Since the presidential decree about Papua Development Acceleration No. 5 Year 2007 announced officially, Papua looked like flooded with money. That Presidential decree is manifested in a Special Local Administration Regulation (Perda) about Special Autonomy which is approved by the Papua People Council. On this Special Perda, Papua and West Papua Province Administrations explain the function of local administration authority in allocating, using, and accounting for the whole special autonomy funds. On that special Perda is also stated that special autonomy funds are purposed to upgrade the quality and prosperity of Papua natives’ life.
One of the Special Autonomy programs, as declared by the Papua Province Administration is to pour in the fund for Strategic Plan for Village Economy Development (Respek). Citizens in 4,000 villages in Papua deserve to receive grant as much as 100 millions rupiah to develop their villages. The Respek fund is classified into three categories, which are: grant from province and regency administration, grant from foundation, and grant in the form of program which is given at the sectors decided by the central administration, province administration, and regency administration.
In theory, the Respek fund deliverance mechanism is distributed directly to the village through the villagers’ collective account. The money can be cleared at the nearest local treasurer/bank/post office. In a forum, the villagers then will decide what the fund will be used for. The financial report will be delivered, also in an open forum, twice a year. A group that implements the program will deliver the report to the forum, where the fund managing institution will verify the report. If the financial report is accepted, the money will be given for the next term. But if the report is rejected, the managing institution has to give an alternative to solve the problem, and it has to be agreed by the forum.
In fact, the money is not distributed well. Most people in Papua villages admit that they never receive money as part of Respek program. The lack of strict regulation on allocation of this money has made the people who don’t receive the money feel disappointed. Lacks of control and monitoring on distribution of this money also have made this good program manipulated by heads of village. Practically, there is no assistance from the province administration to make this program more effective. In fact, Respek is more likely a wasting money program than an increasing the quality of Papua people’s life.
Never Ending War
Custom war which is usually called as tribal war in Papua is not always related to violence. Tribal war is held to preserve the dignity and fulfill the justice. Revenge in tribal war is often considered as a step to find the social balance which is more likely to competition than social riot. For that reason, in every tribal war, there will always be a demand about numbers of victims which should be equal between the conflicted tribes. Violation against the war rules will be fined, such a big compensation after the war end. One of the war rules is they will decide the place, the time, and the person in charge for that war.
This custom war can be triggered by various reasons. In Amungme tribe, a war can be triggered by, let say, unsettled bride-price payment, woman robbery, pig robbery, or border trespassing. Meanwhile in Nduga tribe, it can be triggered by sweet potato robbery, red fruit robbery, adultery, farm border trespassing, lie, and prejudice. Most of the times, a small problem turns to be big because it is provoked by other parties. As the result, people can be easily played against another, and tribal war happens.
This book tries to disentangle three tribal wars which are most highlighted: Central Papua spreading-out War, Kwamki Lama War, and Banti – Kimbeli War. Tribal war becomes bigger because the conflicted tribes are easily provoked with undependable issue.
It is often mentioned, that custom war happened because of a provocation from some groups that have special interest, particularly for their own good, in Papua. Those groups generate conflicts which are attached to the tribal war tradition. Mostly, Papua people still consider that the custom war is their forefather’s spiritual advice to preserve their values of life. Whatever the trigger is, custom war leaves wounds among Papua people.
Actually, this book which is written by Papua journalists is only reveal some issues out of many issues about the life of Papua people. At least, they deserve to be applauded for their courage to bring out those sensitive issues in Papua.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Deadly Virus
Papua has the second largest number of HIV/AIDS infected in Indonesia, after the Jakarta Province. Billions rupiah has been given by the government and fund organizations to overcome and prevent the epidemic. Miraculously, the more money is given, the more people are infected by this deadly virus. So, what is the problem?
A zero survey, which was conducted in 1992, concluded that HIV/AIDS was firstly found in 1993 in Merauke. People in Merauke, and other cities in Papua believed that AIDS was brought to Merauke by fishermen from Thailand. But lately, those who concern about HIV/AIDS in Papua doubted this presumption, for no research can ever prove it. From their point of view, fishermen from Thailand are only accused as the black sheep, because Merauke gives many opportunities to people who come to the city, as well as to its inhabitants to go in and out of the city, and they are free to have the unsafe sexual relationship.
The government and several NGOs have tried to prevent and overcome the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, but the number of infected people in Papua has not decreased yet. This situation then triggered an assumption about the misuse of fund for dealing with the HIV/AIDS. The assumption appeared because there is no transparency about the budget, and how the government allocate and manage the fund.
Instead of solving the problem of HIV/AIDS and trying to find the solution, the Papua administration are still unable to eradicate stigma and discrimination against the HIV/AIDS infected people. Religion figures and their institution have not given concrete solution in dealing with HIV/AIDS. For instance, people in Merauke often bury the body of people with HIV/AIDS in the night silently. The funeral was only attended by few people. Not to mention the story of people who committed suicide because of knowing him or herself positively infected by HIV.
Although Boven Digul Regent Yusak Yaluwo said that people with AIDS (ODHA) are also human and they need to be supported by the community, but Boven Digul Local Administration (Pemda) in fact has a plan to build a hospital with a special room for ODHA, so that ODHA will not be free to mingle with other people and spread the HIV/AIDS. Papua local administration even intends to installed microchip inside the body of ODHA. This issue is written on the local administration regulation in health sector that regulates about HIV/AIDS. The participants of the Second National Congress of ODHA in West Java on August 2007 seriously refuse that plan.
Prostitution, which happens in the downtown of Merauke and its forest, is pointed as the place where HIV/AIDS virus spreads out. In fact, the government tries to press the HIV/AIDS epidemic by displaying an advice to use condoms. But most of the prostitute’s customers are still unwilling to use it. As a matter of fact, the reluctant in using condom related to the culture that strongly embraced by Papua people until now. They have a belief that sperm should not be wasted for any reason, including considering that using condom while having sex is a taboo.
HIV/AIDS does not only cause a worry to the people who live in the city. Young journalists, who write this book, have also made an investigation which found that HIV/AIDS virus spread to the inside of forest. In Asmat forest, for example, the eaglewood tree become the trigger of this case. This research said that a prostitution area was built in 1997 in this hunting area. The prostitution area was only built under the blue tarpaulin and supported by rahai wood (Acacia Spp). The worst is, there are only three prostitutes who have to serve tens of eaglewood seekers. It has been going for a very long time, about two or three years. For this long time, the wood seekers have never used condoms.
The HIV/AIDS issue then becomes more interesting as rumors about genocide come up, and are related to the increasing HIV/AIDS cases in Papua. HIV/AIDS is assumed as a way to practice genocide in Papua and it is accused as the source of the decreasing of Papua people’s opportunity to live.. A report from West Papua Project and ELSHAM published in 2005 stated that Papua people have been living in fear for last 50 years. How the Indonesia military fight against the separatist groups - including the people who support them, how the HIV/AIDS rises, and how the malnutrition taunts them are pointed as the genocide toward the Papua people. Pro and contra appeared regarding to the issue of using HIV/AIDS as a genocide practice in Papua.
Sendius Wonda in his book “Tenggelamnya Rumpun Melanesia: Pertarungan Politik NKRI di Papua Barat (The Disappear of Melanesia Clump: A Republic of Indonesia Political Fight in West Papua)” also states that HIV/AIDS is one of the genocide triggers in Papua. That book was banned by the District Attorney of Jayapura based on the General Attorney decree on Kep-123/A/JA/11/2007. But, it is still too soon to talk about the Papua genocide.. Genocide can be happened if the military violence, terror, and HIV/AIDS strike in the same time. As long as there is still effort to tackle the HIV/AIDS from the government, the society, and the non-governmental organization, genocide doesn’t need to be discussed.
Money Rain on the Papua Land
Since the presidential decree about Papua Development Acceleration No. 5 Year 2007 announced officially, Papua looked like flooded with money. That Presidential decree is manifested in a Special Local Administration Regulation (Perda) about Special Autonomy which is approved by the Papua People Council. On this Special Perda, Papua and West Papua Province Administrations explain the function of local administration authority in allocating, using, and accounting for the whole special autonomy funds. On that special Perda is also stated that special autonomy funds are purposed to upgrade the quality and prosperity of Papua natives’ life.
One of the Special Autonomy programs, as declared by the Papua Province Administration is to pour in the fund for Strategic Plan for Village Economy Development (Respek). Citizens in 4,000 villages in Papua deserve to receive grant as much as 100 millions rupiah to develop their villages. The Respek fund is classified into three categories, which are: grant from province and regency administration, grant from foundation, and grant in the form of program which is given at the sectors decided by the central administration, province administration, and regency administration.
In theory, the Respek fund deliverance mechanism is distributed directly to the village through the villagers’ collective account. The money can be cleared at the nearest local treasurer/bank/post office. In a forum, the villagers then will decide what the fund will be used for. The financial report will be delivered, also in an open forum, twice a year. A group that implements the program will deliver the report to the forum, where the fund managing institution will verify the report. If the financial report is accepted, the money will be given for the next term. But if the report is rejected, the managing institution has to give an alternative to solve the problem, and it has to be agreed by the forum.
In fact, the money is not distributed well. Most people in Papua villages admit that they never receive money as part of Respek program. The lack of strict regulation on allocation of this money has made the people who don’t receive the money feel disappointed. Lacks of control and monitoring on distribution of this money also have made this good program manipulated by heads of village. Practically, there is no assistance from the province administration to make this program more effective. In fact, Respek is more likely a wasting money program than an increasing the quality of Papua people’s life.
Never Ending War
Custom war which is usually called as tribal war in Papua is not always related to violence. Tribal war is held to preserve the dignity and fulfill the justice. Revenge in tribal war is often considered as a step to find the social balance which is more likely to competition than social riot. For that reason, in every tribal war, there will always be a demand about numbers of victims which should be equal between the conflicted tribes. Violation against the war rules will be fined, such a big compensation after the war end. One of the war rules is they will decide the place, the time, and the person in charge for that war.
This custom war can be triggered by various reasons. In Amungme tribe, a war can be triggered by, let say, unsettled bride-price payment, woman robbery, pig robbery, or border trespassing. Meanwhile in Nduga tribe, it can be triggered by sweet potato robbery, red fruit robbery, adultery, farm border trespassing, lie, and prejudice. Most of the times, a small problem turns to be big because it is provoked by other parties. As the result, people can be easily played against another, and tribal war happens.
This book tries to disentangle three tribal wars which are most highlighted: Central Papua spreading-out War, Kwamki Lama War, and Banti – Kimbeli War. Tribal war becomes bigger because the conflicted tribes are easily provoked with undependable issue.
It is often mentioned, that custom war happened because of a provocation from some groups that have special interest, particularly for their own good, in Papua. Those groups generate conflicts which are attached to the tribal war tradition. Mostly, Papua people still consider that the custom war is their forefather’s spiritual advice to preserve their values of life. Whatever the trigger is, custom war leaves wounds among Papua people.
Actually, this book which is written by Papua journalists is only reveal some issues out of many issues about the life of Papua people. At least, they deserve to be applauded for their courage to bring out those sensitive issues in Papua.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Senin, 16 Maret 2009
Rock Art in West Papua
Rock Art in West Papua By Karina Arifin and Philippe Delanghe UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 2004. ISBN 92-3-103906-7. Pp.291.48.80.
Monographs on rock art in the Asia-Pacific region (outside Australia) are few and far between, and one on the rock art of West Papua is a rare bird indeed. Social science research in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), which remains effectively under military control, is virtually impossible for foreigners and difficult even for Indonesian scholars. The authors, an Indonesian archaeologist trained at ANU and a UNESCO Programme Specialist for Culture based in Jakarta, are to be congratulated for their persistence in pursuing a ...
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Monographs on rock art in the Asia-Pacific region (outside Australia) are few and far between, and one on the rock art of West Papua is a rare bird indeed. Social science research in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), which remains effectively under military control, is virtually impossible for foreigners and difficult even for Indonesian scholars. The authors, an Indonesian archaeologist trained at ANU and a UNESCO Programme Specialist for Culture based in Jakarta, are to be congratulated for their persistence in pursuing a ...
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Senin, 09 Maret 2009
West Papuan Traditional Food
There are two types of staple food in West Papua.
1. Sago, mostly consumed by Papuans in coastal areas: Biak, Serui, Jayapura, Merauke, etc. People don't normally grow sago as they grow wild all over the coastal areas. Normally people do not work hard here, fish is available, pork and others are in the jungles, and sago grows everywhere.
2. Sweet Potato, we who in the highlands grow and eat this as our staple food. Our main source of protein is pork, and also culturally very valuable. It was used to pay bride-price, pay fines, buy forests/trees to build houses, and it still has a very high value here. We work hard here to make garden, plant, breed, and grow the crops and animals, no wild pigs here as those in the coastal areas.
Coastal Papuans are generally referred to as the Austro-Melanesians, ancestors originated from Asia. Highlands are Papua-Melanesians, ancestors until today are not yet identified, but generally referred to as native Papuans in this land.
Our common meal and how is it prepared.
The meal is prepared with a method in Indonesian called "bakar batu" or "bake the stones", which means, heat the stones with fires. Dig hole on the ground, put grass, then put the hot stones on the grass, cover the stones with more grass, put the meal: normally sweet potatoes first, then put the stones on top of the potatoes. After this, put the grass again, then put the vegetables (such as cabbages, spinach, sweet-potato leaves, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, etc.), or fruits like cucumber, corn, etc.
We can mix meat with vegetables, just like in a pan in the Western and other modern society. So vegetables are mixed with the meat, well not mixed as in the West but they spread the taste and smell well over, to make it nice...
Mostly men prepare the fires, heat the stones, find the woods, find the grass, slaughter the meat, (or hunt) and women clean the meals in the water/stream, then prepare the meal, and sit on the side of the hole and put the meals into the "cooking pan" (which is the ground for us), then men help them by handing out hot stones (women mostly wait on the ground to give order to men where to put the stones, etc)
After all, we cover the cooking up with more grass and leave them for about an hour. Before opening, men go first to sort out the grass, then women can go some minutes later to open. Women are responsible to decide which meal to go which group (We do not eat individually in separate plates and spoons. We put meal on the ground for some people, we sit for meals in groups of young people, boys, girls, etc.)Our Drink West Papuan drink pure water and mostly unboilled one. We have pure and fresh water. But now it is changing, we are advised to boil water beforehand.
On the coastal areas, they also drink "saguer", and what I call Papuan wine, made out of coconut fruit. Taste coconut, but some minutes later, it shows its power.
We get water from its source, from the ground, stream, etc.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
1. Sago, mostly consumed by Papuans in coastal areas: Biak, Serui, Jayapura, Merauke, etc. People don't normally grow sago as they grow wild all over the coastal areas. Normally people do not work hard here, fish is available, pork and others are in the jungles, and sago grows everywhere.
2. Sweet Potato, we who in the highlands grow and eat this as our staple food. Our main source of protein is pork, and also culturally very valuable. It was used to pay bride-price, pay fines, buy forests/trees to build houses, and it still has a very high value here. We work hard here to make garden, plant, breed, and grow the crops and animals, no wild pigs here as those in the coastal areas.
Coastal Papuans are generally referred to as the Austro-Melanesians, ancestors originated from Asia. Highlands are Papua-Melanesians, ancestors until today are not yet identified, but generally referred to as native Papuans in this land.
Our common meal and how is it prepared.
The meal is prepared with a method in Indonesian called "bakar batu" or "bake the stones", which means, heat the stones with fires. Dig hole on the ground, put grass, then put the hot stones on the grass, cover the stones with more grass, put the meal: normally sweet potatoes first, then put the stones on top of the potatoes. After this, put the grass again, then put the vegetables (such as cabbages, spinach, sweet-potato leaves, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, etc.), or fruits like cucumber, corn, etc.
We can mix meat with vegetables, just like in a pan in the Western and other modern society. So vegetables are mixed with the meat, well not mixed as in the West but they spread the taste and smell well over, to make it nice...
Mostly men prepare the fires, heat the stones, find the woods, find the grass, slaughter the meat, (or hunt) and women clean the meals in the water/stream, then prepare the meal, and sit on the side of the hole and put the meals into the "cooking pan" (which is the ground for us), then men help them by handing out hot stones (women mostly wait on the ground to give order to men where to put the stones, etc)
After all, we cover the cooking up with more grass and leave them for about an hour. Before opening, men go first to sort out the grass, then women can go some minutes later to open. Women are responsible to decide which meal to go which group (We do not eat individually in separate plates and spoons. We put meal on the ground for some people, we sit for meals in groups of young people, boys, girls, etc.)Our Drink West Papuan drink pure water and mostly unboilled one. We have pure and fresh water. But now it is changing, we are advised to boil water beforehand.
On the coastal areas, they also drink "saguer", and what I call Papuan wine, made out of coconut fruit. Taste coconut, but some minutes later, it shows its power.
We get water from its source, from the ground, stream, etc.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Selasa, 03 Februari 2009
Tourism in West Papua
Tourists are mostly Dutch and German, who come to West Papua travel to the Baliem Valley in the highlands. The main town, Wamena, draws tourists who are interested in trekking and in the culture of the local Dani tribes.
Although the Indonesian administration has previously tried to force them to wear clothes and live a more "civilised" lifestyle, today they are happy if they go naked because it is good for tourism.
In the village of Manda for example, clothed villagers are barred from the village while near-naked tribes-people, well-rehearsed and divided into two twelve-member teams, cook and dance in the traditional way for camera carrying tourists. The tourists pay for the food, the dancing, the photos, some handicrafts and a night's accommodation.
Tourists can stay in a village, completely built by the co-operative to house visitors. The villagers will dress traditionally, dance and have a feast for paying tourists.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Although the Indonesian administration has previously tried to force them to wear clothes and live a more "civilised" lifestyle, today they are happy if they go naked because it is good for tourism.
In the village of Manda for example, clothed villagers are barred from the village while near-naked tribes-people, well-rehearsed and divided into two twelve-member teams, cook and dance in the traditional way for camera carrying tourists. The tourists pay for the food, the dancing, the photos, some handicrafts and a night's accommodation.
Tourists can stay in a village, completely built by the co-operative to house visitors. The villagers will dress traditionally, dance and have a feast for paying tourists.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Senin, 02 Februari 2009
About Papua
Papua/Irian Jaya, known before 1973 as Irian Barat or West Papua. It is Indonesia's largest, most remote, and least populated province. Large areas have yet to be explored, and this is one of the few parts of the worlds where maps can still legitimately be marked "Here be Dragon".
Papua as we called present day is eastern island of Indonesia. Papua comprises the western half of the huge island of New Guinea situated just northern tip of Australia. The eastern part of the island is belongs to Papua New Guinea. Almost half of Papua province is hilly or mountains and about ten Major peaks reach over 4.000 meters and tallest is Carstenz peaks with 5.050 meters from the sea level.
Papua stretches 1.200 kilometers from east to west and it is Indonesia is largest province, covering 160,150 square miles. It is also the second largest island on earth after green land. Papua is a last frontier for travel among unique cultures that have had a little influenced by western people.
The indigenous people of Papua are Melanesians with black skins and curly hair. They generally have a root crop subsistence agriculture based on sweet potatoes and taro, while people in the lowlands and swamps obtain their starch from sago palm which gives and extremely generous yield for remarkably little effort. While many other people of the world were still hunter and gatherers, Papua people had begun to garden. After fairly recently, many of the local people live within simple stone age culture wearing little clothing and decorating their bodies with paintings, shells, pig tusks, feathers and skins.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Papua as we called present day is eastern island of Indonesia. Papua comprises the western half of the huge island of New Guinea situated just northern tip of Australia. The eastern part of the island is belongs to Papua New Guinea. Almost half of Papua province is hilly or mountains and about ten Major peaks reach over 4.000 meters and tallest is Carstenz peaks with 5.050 meters from the sea level.
Papua stretches 1.200 kilometers from east to west and it is Indonesia is largest province, covering 160,150 square miles. It is also the second largest island on earth after green land. Papua is a last frontier for travel among unique cultures that have had a little influenced by western people.
The indigenous people of Papua are Melanesians with black skins and curly hair. They generally have a root crop subsistence agriculture based on sweet potatoes and taro, while people in the lowlands and swamps obtain their starch from sago palm which gives and extremely generous yield for remarkably little effort. While many other people of the world were still hunter and gatherers, Papua people had begun to garden. After fairly recently, many of the local people live within simple stone age culture wearing little clothing and decorating their bodies with paintings, shells, pig tusks, feathers and skins.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Sabtu, 06 Desember 2008
Paniai Lake in Papua Province one of the most beautiful lake in the world
Jayapura, Papua province, Representatives of 157 countries which have lakes will visit Paniai Lake in Papua Province which they consider to be the world`s most beautiful and preserved lake, a local official
said.
The interest to visit Paniai Lake was expressed during the 12th World Lake Conference in India last November 2007, Paniai District Head Naftali Yogi, who attended the conference, said.
The conference`s participants considered Paniai Lake in Papua to be the world`s most beautiful and best preserved lake, he said.
Situated 7,500 meters above sea-level, Paniai Lake still had pristine natural beauty and its water was still unpolluted, he said.
Therefore, the conference`s participants were interested in visiting the lake and agreed to jointly help preserve Paniai Lake as the world`s best and beautiful lake, he said without mentioning when they would make the visit.
The Paniai administration was currently constructing roads surrounding the lake and a number of inns as part of preparations to receive the foreign visitors, he said.
In addition to infrastructure development, the local administration had also been making efforts to preserve the traditional culture and arts of the Mee and Moni tribes which constitute Paniai region`s indigenous population, Yogi said.
Over 600 delegates who participated in the five-day deliberations, adopted a `Draft Jaipur Declaration` which acknowledges the importance of lakes and wetlands for domestic, agricultural and recreational uses and of improving habitats for conserving biodiversity. Wuhan in China will host the 13th World Lake Conference in 2009.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
said.
The interest to visit Paniai Lake was expressed during the 12th World Lake Conference in India last November 2007, Paniai District Head Naftali Yogi, who attended the conference, said.
The conference`s participants considered Paniai Lake in Papua to be the world`s most beautiful and best preserved lake, he said.
Situated 7,500 meters above sea-level, Paniai Lake still had pristine natural beauty and its water was still unpolluted, he said.
Therefore, the conference`s participants were interested in visiting the lake and agreed to jointly help preserve Paniai Lake as the world`s best and beautiful lake, he said without mentioning when they would make the visit.
The Paniai administration was currently constructing roads surrounding the lake and a number of inns as part of preparations to receive the foreign visitors, he said.
In addition to infrastructure development, the local administration had also been making efforts to preserve the traditional culture and arts of the Mee and Moni tribes which constitute Paniai region`s indigenous population, Yogi said.
Over 600 delegates who participated in the five-day deliberations, adopted a `Draft Jaipur Declaration` which acknowledges the importance of lakes and wetlands for domestic, agricultural and recreational uses and of improving habitats for conserving biodiversity. Wuhan in China will host the 13th World Lake Conference in 2009.
Source : www.PapuaToday.com
Rabu, 30 Januari 2008
History of Jayapura
History of Jayapura In the book of Nagara-Kertagama writen by Rakawi Prapanca of Majapahit, under the rule of King Hayam Wuruk, in 1365 A.D, it was mentioned that West Papua was belong to Majapahit Kingdom territory. In one of its paragraphs mentioned “Muwah tikhan i wandan, ambwan (Ambon) athawa maloko wwanin (Fakfak)” were the sovereign territory of Majapahit Kingdom.
However, the Dutch began serious exploration in about 1898. During Ducth Colonialization, Jayapura City had become a Defense Post of Dutch Army in Pacific area. The Dutch government was assigned P. Windhower at Debi Island, a little island in Yotefa Bay in 1908. In 1912 the post was moved to a mouth of Numbai river, which is a small river that is mouthed in Yos Yudarso Bay. In a formal ceremony, this mouth of Numbai river then named Hollandia on March 7, 1910. The date was then decided to be the birth date of Jayapura. The status of Hollandia City which was a district had become the government Provincial City. Some of the events happened after this moment were the name of Hollandia was changed into New City, then Sukarnopura and finally Jayapura. However, West Papua is Indonesia's "wild east". Much of it was still unexplored by outsiders in the 1930s. Allied (American and Australian) forces passed through here in 1944 on the way to the reconquest of the Philippines. After the Indonesians defeated the Dutch in 1949 and 1950, the Dutch insisted on keeping Irian Jaya. They finally gave up the colony in 1963, under a combination of military and diplomatic pressure. In 1969, a UN-sponsored referendum led to Irian Jaya becoming a province of Indonesia. The vast development forced the Region Government to split Jayapura to two districts: North Jayapura and South Jayapura. In 1988, Jayapura was become Administrative City and then in 1993 became Jayapura madya City. Lately, with the Act of Region Government number 22 year 1999, it was then becoming Jayapura City. (Lhernot)
Source : http://www.papuatoday.com
However, the Dutch began serious exploration in about 1898. During Ducth Colonialization, Jayapura City had become a Defense Post of Dutch Army in Pacific area. The Dutch government was assigned P. Windhower at Debi Island, a little island in Yotefa Bay in 1908. In 1912 the post was moved to a mouth of Numbai river, which is a small river that is mouthed in Yos Yudarso Bay. In a formal ceremony, this mouth of Numbai river then named Hollandia on March 7, 1910. The date was then decided to be the birth date of Jayapura. The status of Hollandia City which was a district had become the government Provincial City. Some of the events happened after this moment were the name of Hollandia was changed into New City, then Sukarnopura and finally Jayapura. However, West Papua is Indonesia's "wild east". Much of it was still unexplored by outsiders in the 1930s. Allied (American and Australian) forces passed through here in 1944 on the way to the reconquest of the Philippines. After the Indonesians defeated the Dutch in 1949 and 1950, the Dutch insisted on keeping Irian Jaya. They finally gave up the colony in 1963, under a combination of military and diplomatic pressure. In 1969, a UN-sponsored referendum led to Irian Jaya becoming a province of Indonesia. The vast development forced the Region Government to split Jayapura to two districts: North Jayapura and South Jayapura. In 1988, Jayapura was become Administrative City and then in 1993 became Jayapura madya City. Lately, with the Act of Region Government number 22 year 1999, it was then becoming Jayapura City. (Lhernot)
Source : http://www.papuatoday.com
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