Four killed by rebels in Irian Jaya<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Papua New Guinea Prime Minister
\nBill Skate sent condolences on Tuesday to the families of four
\nArso plantation workers who were killed by Indonesian rebels in
\nan attack here two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
Maj. Gen. Amir Sembiring, Trikora Military commander
\noverseeing Jayapura, disclosed the news of the Papua New Guinea
\n(PNG) prime minister's condolences to reporters on Tuesday after
\nreceiving a PNG envoy in Jayapura.<\/p>\n
At the meeting, the PNG consul told the commander the
\ncondolences were conveyed at an earlier meeting between PNG Armed
\nForces Commander Brig. Gen. Jerry Singirok and Indonesian
\nAmbassador to PNG Benny Mandalika in Port Moresby on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
At the Port Moresby meeting, Singirok pledged to deploy a unit
\nof PNG troops to secure the release of 11 other plantation
\nworkers who were abducted and were being held at the rebels'
\nheadquarters in a Bewani complex in Sandaun province of PNG, some
\n12 kilometers from the Indonesia-PNG border, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
Singirok said Bill Skate had ordered him to secure the
\nhostages' freedom as soon as possible in a bid to help improve
\nrelations between the two countries.<\/p>\n
The rebels attacked and robbed the plantation on May 5.
\n(01\/34)<\/p>",
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