"(There have been) no TNI personel shipments to Papua from other regions. Security (there) is fully under the police`s control," he said on the sidelines of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s visit to aircraft industry PT Dirgantara Indonesia here on Wednesday.
The minister said security in Puncak Jaya is still under police coordination and it is under public security category.
Purnomo admitted that there had been an increase in the intensity of security maintenance following shooting incidents recently claiming among others the life of the chief of the Mulia police sector in the district of Puncak Jaya, Adjunct Commissioner Dominggus Otto Awes but the situation there was still under control.
"If any military personnel are conducting security operations there, they are from the local command to help police. Once again, there has not been any deployment of TNI personnel there," he said.
Purnomo said if needed his office would certainly be involved in deciding it. "So far there has not been any report about it to me," he said in the company of deputy minister Sjafrie Syamsudin.
National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo echoed Pirnomo`s s statement saying that security in Papua was being maintained by local forces. "Security there is being maintained by fully employing the existing personnel there," he said.
(Uu.H-YH/HAJM/A014)
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