No go on planned hostage release<\/p>\n
VANIMO, Papua New Guinea: An Irianese separatist guerrilla
\ngroup did not release as expected on Friday 11 hostages abducted
\nfrom Arso village in Irian Jaya on May 11, an official said.<\/p>\n
In a recent visit to Jayapura, chief of the Papuan defense
\nforces Brig. Gen. Jerry Singirok said the hostages would be
\nreleased by the rebels here on May 28.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's consul to this town in Papua's Sandaun province,
\nBudi Santoso, told reporters here that the group's leader, Hans
\nBomay, has not given a new date for the release of the hostages,
\nmost of whom are migrant women.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian authorities, who earlier said Bomay took the
\nhostages across the border to Papua New Guinea, have asked Papuan
\nPrime Minister Bill Skate to help secure their release.<\/p>\n
High-ranking Papuan officials, including Skate and Singirok,
\nwere also waiting to witness the release of the 11 Irianese
\nhostages on Friday, Santoso said.<\/p>\n
\"Brig. Gen. Jerry Singirok is in Scothciau, not too far from
\nBomay's hideout, while Prime Minister Skate is in Lae, waiting
\nfor the release of the captives,\" the diplomat said.<\/p>\n
Irian Jaya Governor Freddy Numberi, chief of Trikora Military
\nCommand Maj. Gen. Amir Sembiring and other government officials
\nwho had planned to welcome the 11 villagers here hastily canceled
\ntheir visit, Antara reported.<\/p>",
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