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        "id": 1824159,
        "msgid": "ten-opm-members-pledge-allegiance-to-indonesia-citing-groups-violence-1782395449",
        "date": "2026-06-25 19:39:00",
        "title": "Ten OPM Members Pledge Allegiance to Indonesia, Citing Group's Violence",
        "author": "Cahya  Mulyana",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Ten active members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) have formally pledged allegiance to the Republic of Indonesia, citing the group's brutal treatment of civilians. The former separatists surrendered during a ceremony in West Papua, stating they were moved by the Indonesian military's humanitarian approach. Military officials hope this will encourage further defections and accelerate President Prabowo Subianto's development programmes in the region.",
        "content": "<p>Lieutenant General Lucky Avianto, Commander of the Joint Regional\nDefence Command III, has welcomed the decision of ten members of the\nFree Papua Movement (OPM) to return to the fold of the Republic of\nIndonesia. \u201cThank God, ten active members of Kodap IV Sorong Raya of the\nWest Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) have\ndecided to return to the embrace of the Motherland, to gather, unite and\nintegrate with all elements of Papuan society within the framework of\nthe Republic of Indonesia,\u201d Lucky Avianto stated in a press release\nreceived in Jakarta on Thursday. The integration took place during a\nceremony held at the Kodam XVIII\/Kasuari field. Lucky explained that the\nformer OPM members chose to embrace the Republic of Indonesia because\nthey could no longer tolerate the violent treatment of civilians by\ntheir former organisation. \u201cThese former TPNPB-OPM members said the OPM\ngroup frequently spread terror, seized property, crops and livestock,\nraped village women, injured and even did not hesitate to kill anyone\nwho refused or did not support their movement,\u201d Lucky said. In contrast,\nthey felt differently when observing the treatment by the Indonesian\nmilitary. They admitted to being touched by the humanitarian approach\noften carried out by Kodam XVIII\/Kasuari towards residents. Furthermore,\nLucky stated that the former OPM members also realised that the military\ntask force under the control of Kogabwilhan III prioritised a\ndevelopment approach by going directly into the community while\nproviding assistance. \u201cThis is what has touched their hearts and aroused\nsympathy and empathy among sympathisers and active TPNPB-OPM members,\u201d\nLucky added. Lucky expressed hope that similar steps would be followed\nby other separatist group members so that all Papuans would be willing\nto reunite within the Republic of Indonesia. He is confident that with\nunity in Papua, the accelerated development programme launched by\nPresident Prabowo Subianto in Papua will be implemented more swiftly. \u201cI\ninvite our other brothers and sisters, in the interior jungles, mountain\npeaks and valleys of Papua, to return to the embrace of the Motherland,\u201d\nhe concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ten-opm-members-pledge-allegiance-to-indonesia-citing-groups-violence-1782395449",
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