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Yapen Islanders Seek Safety in Front of Local Parliament
FEDERATED REPUBLIC OF WEST PAPUA
WEST PAPUA: 8 June
2012
Yapen Islanders Seek Safety in Front of Local Parliament
In recent months, Indonesian military and
police carried out assault non-violent activists. On Thusday
7 June 2012, TNI soldiers and DENSUS 88 commandos joined
BRIMOB and local police in brutal operations against the
villages in Angkaserai, Mantembu and Menawi in Yapen Island.
Extra security from Kelapa Dua in Jakarta were sent in to
back up the operation against the unarmed
citizens.
Hundreds of houses were burned, forcing an estimated fifteen hundred people to abandon their homes and flee to the city (Serui). David Kaiba, a civil servant and District Officer for the Federated Republic of West Papua, was shot and tortured, but was able to escape detention.
Today the villagers are sitting in front of Parliament House in Serui hoping local politicians are able to feed them and protect them from the Indonesian security forces.
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