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Legislator called for stringent law enforcement in Papua

Legislator from the Ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) faction urged law enforcement agencies in ...

Papua military command chief urges to exercise restraint

Cendrawasih Regional Military Command XVII Chief Major General Jhosua Pandit Sembiring appealed to all sides in ...

Megawati sends envoy to meet Papuan Catholic and Christian leaders

Indonesia's fifth president and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri ...

Anarchic group in Papua linked to international organizations: Police

National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has acknowledged that the groups committed anarchy in Papua and West ...

Internet access to be reopened after peace prevails in Papua: Wiranto

The government will reopen the access to the Internet in Papua and West Papua after peace and conducive situation ...

Riau Islands police elite unit's 252 members deployed to Papua

Some 252 personnel of the Riau Islands Police's mobile brigade (Brimob) unit were deployed to Papua and West Papua, ...

Five companies of North Maluku's police personnel ready for deployment

North Maluku’s Police placed five companies of mobile brigade personnel on standby as a precautionary measure ...

Jokowi to hold meeting with Papua's eminent figures: Moeldoko

Presidential Staff Chief retired general Moeldoko confirmed President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will shortly meet ...

Feminist calls to enforce law against liquor sellers in Papua

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes urged the Mimika district government and local police to enforce legal sanctions ...

Government must better protect Papuan women to avert separatism: Kabes

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes stated here on Saturday. However, Kabes questioned where the money would go following ...

Restore security and order in Papua: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered restoration of security and order in Papua and West Papua Provinces ...

President Jokowi leads limited meeting on Papua

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conducted a limited meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta Friday to discuss the ...

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Indonesia grapples with ending tensions in Papua and West Papua

Indonesian security personnel in Papua and West Papua have striven to restore law and order, while the central ...

Shopping malls, schools in Jayapura remain closed day after rioting

A day after Jayapura bore witness to riots, residents of this capital city of Papua Province yet found several shopping ...

TNI, police deploy trucks to move thousand Papuan demonstrators home

Indonesian military (TNI) and police (Polri) deployed 10 trucks, Friday, to move thousand native Papuans home from the ...