1) Indonesia,
PNG agree to increase cooperation
2) Melanesian leaders to discuss West Papua bid
3) Angry residents burn down police station
in Oksibil
4) Reinforcements Sent to Papua Town
Following Police Station Attack
5) Situation calm in Tembagapura after
rampage
6) Merpati denies its plane missing in Papua
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1) Indonesia, PNG agree to increase cooperation
Mon, June 17 2013 19:28 | 155 Views
The bilateral meeting was part of the agenda of the current visit of Papua New Guinea`s prime minister O`Neill to Indonesia.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono considered the state visit of the PNG prime minister this time very significant for developing and increasing the cooperation between the two countries following the meetings before in Honolulu and in the Bali Democracy Forum last year.
"This visit is very important not only for the two countries` bilateral relations but also for increasing and strengthening our relations and partnership. We have agreed to work more and seek more opportunities and comprehensive partnership," he said.
Prime Minister O`Neill meanwhile said he was glad over the warn welcome that had been given to him and his delegation.
He said as close neighbors PNG and Indonesia could continue to develop their cooperation wider.
PM O`Neill flanked by his wife made a state visit to Indonesia after a meeting with President Yudhoyono in Bali in 2012.
The two countries` delegations are also scheduled to conduct bilateral talks and cooperation agreements would also be signed during the PNG prime minister`s visit.
reporting by m arif iskandar
(H-YH/A014)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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2) Melanesian leaders to discuss West Papua bid
Posted 17 June 2013, 10:12 AEST
A gathering of Pacific leaders in New Caledonia will this week decide whether to admit a pro-independence group from Indonesian province of West Papua to the body.
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) brings together the leaders of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, along with New Caledonia's indigenous political movement FLNKS.
The Free West Papua movement, which has been pushing for independence from Indonesia, sees membership of the MSG as a step towards international recognition.
Vanuatu has voiced support in the past for West Papuan membership, but Fiji and Solomon Islands have yet to make their positions known.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, ahead of a weekend visit to Indonesia, said PNG's policy was that West Papua was an integral part of Indonesia.
Mr O'Neill is not attending the New Caledonia meeting, but a high-powered delegation from Indonesia, including Melanesian members, is expected to attend.
The talks will also focus on a Melanesian free trade agreement, and support for the Front De Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), which is pushing independence for New Caledonia.
At the end of the talks Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will hand over the chair to the FLNKS spokesman Victor Tutugoro.
The Kanak bid for independence from France was a core reason for the inception of the Melanesian Spearhead Group 25 years ago.
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3) Angry residents burn down police station in Oksibil
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4) Reinforcements Sent to Papua Town Following Police Station Attack
Jayapura. High ranking police officers and reinforcements arrived at the Papuan highland town of Oksibil on Monday following an arson attack on the Pengunungan Bintang district police station.
“This morning, 26 members of the Brimob mobile police brigade arrived in Oksibil. Additionally, the chief and deputy chief of the Papua Police, as well as the heads of the Papua Police’s internal affairs, security intelligence and detectives units came to provide special assistance,” Sr. Comr. Sumerta Jayua, a spokesman for the Papua Police, said.
Sumerta said the incident began after the district police was told that three drunken men were extorting money from a passerby in Dabolding village.
“Four personnel went to the location to call on the men to halt what they were doing, but the group not only ignored the policemen but went on to attack them,” he said.
One of the men tried to take a firearm off one of the policemen, but the officer resisted and hit the man with the butt of his rifle. The man fled.
However, according to Sumerta, rumor quickly spread that the police officer mistreated the three men, with some even saying that the three were killed by law enforcers.
“People started to get emotional and take to the street. The district police chief was forced to intervene to try and settle the matter,” he said.
“The locals continued to reject his efforts and began to pelt the homes of members of the district police with stones at around 10:00 on Sunday.”
The protest took a violent turn, with the mob setting the district police station and vehicles alight.
Three vehicles and 25 motorcycles, as well as the district police headquarters, were gutted by the fire.
Nine police men were injured in the incident, as well as one army first lieutenant and two civilians.
“We have not made any arrests,” Sumerta said.
Meanwhile, residents in Oksibil said on Monday that the town remained tense, with people afraid to leave their houses.
“We are still worried and are opting not to go to work because we fear that there may be more mob activity. Offices and stalls are also closed,” one resident who declined to be identified said by telephone.
The house of a local public figure, tribal chief Yance Kalakmabin, which is located only 400 meters from the police station, was also set ablaze, the resident said. Yance was out of town when the incident took place, and people expressed fear that he would take revenge once he returned home.
The resident, however, relayed a different version of the incident, saying that it all started with members of the local district police checking vehicles at a roadblock.
During the check, they supposedly found a drunken man, who was then reported to be beaten until his head was bleeding. The report of the beating incensed the local population.
“I was in church when a mob, angered by the report that a citizen was beaten by the police, marched to the police station and set fire to several motorcycles,” the source said.
Police began firing shots in the air after the mob already left the station, the resident added.
A local public figure, who also declined to be named, said that the episode occurred because of the population’s long simmering anger over the police’s increased checkpoints.
He said that since Oksibil was part of Papua’s hinterland, many residents did not possess driving permits. When the police began impounding their motorcycles and disturbing their daily lives, they became increasingly angry.
The public figured added that the fire which razed the house of the tribal chief was not started intentionally. He said that it only caught fire once the police began going after the mob, and that it was possible that one of the police’s bullets may have sparked the fire.
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5) Situation calm in Tembagapura after rampage
6) Merpati denies its plane missing in Papua
Mon, June 17 2013 17:28 | 117 Views
Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) denied an allegation on Monday that its Twin Otter plane was missing while on its flight from Jayapura to Oksibil in Indonesia`s easternmost province of Papua the day before.
"It is just a rumor," Merpati General Manager for Papua David said.
Merpati did not serve a Jayapura-Oksibil route, he said adding only Trigana and Pelita Air served the route.
A report had it that a Merpati Twin Otter plane carrying 13 people including two infants lost contact with the control tower on Sunday.
The report said the fate of all people aboard the plane was still unknown.
Reporting by Hendrina Dian Kandipi
(S012/F001)
"It is just a rumor," Merpati General Manager for Papua David said.
Merpati did not serve a Jayapura-Oksibil route, he said adding only Trigana and Pelita Air served the route.
A report had it that a Merpati Twin Otter plane carrying 13 people including two infants lost contact with the control tower on Sunday.
The report said the fate of all people aboard the plane was still unknown.
Reporting by Hendrina Dian Kandipi
(S012/F001)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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