Police and TNI raid Papua rebel group<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A joint team of police and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel
\nstormed the headquarters of the armed wing of the Free Papua
\nMovement (OPM) over the weekend, arresting one rebel fighter,
\nJulius, and confiscating seven homemade firearms and several
\ndocuments.<\/p>\n
Papua Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Raziman Tarigan said on
\nSaturday that the raid had been carried out on Friday afternoon
\nacting on information extracted from a captured rebel, 17-year-
\nold Kornelis Pica.<\/p>\n
Raziman said the joint team also found ammunition, knives,
\naxes, logistic equipment, a set of military fatigues, a TNI bag,
\nmedicine and medical equipment, clothes and cooking utensils,
\nAntara reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Irian Jaya police resort chief Adj. Comm. Totok Kusmiarto said
\nthe two rebels were currently in detention at Jayapura police
\nheadquarters and would face further interrogation about their
\nactivities.<\/p>\n
Kornelis was arrested earlier by members of 122 Rajawali Task
\nForce who suspected him of being a rebel fighter.<\/p>\n
Security personnel initially detained him for questioning, but
\nKornelis, who was just getting off a passenger ship at the
\nprovincial capital of Jayapura, refused to answer questions,
\nsaying that he was too tired to do so.<\/p>\n
Kornelis soon got into a quarrel with security personnel,
\nprompting a member of the 122 Rajawali Task Force to fire a
\nwarning shot.<\/p>\n
But instead of answering the questions of the military
\npersonnel, Kornelis ran to his house. Security personnel chased
\nafter him to his house, where the officers found homemade
\nfirearms.<\/p>\n
Kornelis was arrested immediately.<\/p>\n
During his interrogation, Kornelis told security personnel
\nabout the rebels' headquarters in Irian Jaya regency, which,
\naccording to police investigators, also served as a place where
\nthe rebels manufactured homemade firearms and ammunition.<\/p>\n
Kornelis' information led to the Dec. 6 raid.<\/p>\n
A low-level secessionist movement has been fighting for an
\nindependent Papua since the 1960s, resulting in the loss of
\nthousands of lives, mostly innocent civilians.<\/p>",
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