"The incidents include the shooting to death of the Mulia district police chief," he said on the sidelines of a meeting with House of Representatives Security Commission I here on Tuesday.
He said the incidents were not yet threatening national integration.
Commission I member Helmy Fauzi meanwhile said the shooting incidents in Abepura and Timika had caused political escalations in Papua.
He said early detection and prevention efforts had to be done to stop them from spreading to other places.
"Indeed it is still nascent but if it is ignored it has the potential to cause conflicts," he said.
"Do not undermine incidents in Papua," he said.
The parliamentary member from opposition Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) said the incidents in Papua and others could lead to challenge the existence of the Unitary State of Indonesia.
Asked if the army`s special Kopassus unit needs to be deployed there to overcome the problem Helmy said the police should be in the front line while Kopassus should only back them up from behind.
"TNI could help if the police in Papua request it. TNI backs up the police," he said.
He said if the TNI forces are directly involved it could cause human rights violations because TNI is not prepared to deal with demonstrations or mass actions but only for defense purposes.
Helmy said TNI should only be deployed upon the request of the police to prevent incidents like in the past when TNI were confronted directly with the people.
Home Affairs minister Gamawan Fauzi meanwhile said he had asked the governor and government apparatus in Papua to coordinate with community leaders and officials concerned to reduce political and security tension in the region.
"We have contacted the governors to coordinate with officials concerned and local leaders to boost relations to reduce tension there," he said at the presidential palace on Tuesday.
He said communications had to be increased in all sectors and levels so that the government`s attention in the form of huge budget and special autonomy status could create the welfare people are expecting.
"Some are still not aware that Papua has been given a huge budget, a lot of attention and now even development acceleration programs. Therefore dialogs are needed with religious, tradition and other community leaders are needed," he said.
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Editor: Priyambodo RH
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