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        "id": 1658305,
        "msgid": "natalius-pigai-sends-team-to-dogiyai-central-papua-1775634676",
        "date": "2026-04-06 15:13:32",
        "title": "Natalius Pigai Sends Team to Dogiyai, Central Papua",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Human Rights, Natalius Pigai, has dispatched a team to Dogiyai in Central Papua to investigate the fatal shooting of five civilians by police on 31 March and 1 April 2026, following the death of a police officer. The team, currently in Nabire, will conduct outreach with local communities and verify reports from residents and authorities amid heightened tensions in the area. This intervention highlights ongoing challenges in maintaining security and human rights in Papua, with national police deploying additional forces to stabilise the situation.",
        "content": "<p>The Ministry of Human Rights has visited Dogiyai Regency, Central\nPapua Province, following the shooting incident involving Dogiyai\nresidents by members of the Dogiyai Resort Police on 31 March and 1\nApril 2026. \u201cI have ordered them to go to Dogiyai and am awaiting the\nreport from the regional office,\u201d said Minister of Human Rights Natalius\nPigai in a brief message to Tempo on Monday, 6 April 2026. Pigai stated\nthat the Ministry of Human Rights team is currently in Nabire and will\ncontinue their journey to Dogiyai. The Ministry of Human Rights is\nvisiting Dogiyai for an audience with the community after the situation\nheated up. This plan was confirmed by Okto Pekei, a Mee Pago indigenous\ncommunity figure. \u201cTomorrow there will be an audience with people from\nor staff of the Ministry of Human Rights,\u201d said Okto on Sunday, 5 April\n2026. Okto said the Ministry of Human Rights is coming to ensure the\nconditions in Dogiyai and to cross-check reports from residents and\npolice. Previously, the security situation in Moanemani City and Dogiyai\nRegency was tense after Second Brigadier Juventus Edowai was killed on\nTuesday, 31 March 2026. Police officers, who found Juventus\u2019s body in a\nditch at Ebenezer Church on Tuesday morning, were allegedly emotional\nand vented their anger on nearby residents. Several police then combed\nthrough residents\u2019 settlements while firing shots. Five civilians were\nkilled by the gunfire, two of whom were elderly and children. Neither\nthe National Police Headquarters nor the Central Papua Regional Police\nhave disclosed the civilian victims or the motive for the shooting.\nHowever, the National Police Headquarters has sent 148 combined\npersonnel to Central Papua, including 100 Brimob personnel, 10 personnel\nfrom the Intelligence and Security Agency (BIK) team, and 20 personnel\nfrom the Criminal Investigation Agency team.<\/p>",
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