Wainggai's relatives insist on autopsy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Relatives of Thomas Wapay Wainggai, an Irian
\nJayan separatist leader who died in Cipinang penitentiary on
\nTuesday, insisted yesterday on an autopsy witnessed by the
\nInternational Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC).<\/p>\n
Yusal Samuel Wonatorey said the ICRC office in Jakarta has
\nagreed to the request and the autopsy would be performed today at
\nthe Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.<\/p>\n
The body of 59-year-old Wainggai, who was sentenced to 20
\nyears in jail for proclaiming a West Papuan State in 1988, was
\nstill at the hospital's morgue yesterday.<\/p>\n
Wainggai's son, Salomon, said on Wednesday an autopsy was
\nvital to establish the cause of his father's death.<\/p>\n
The authorities have not yet pronounced the cause of his death
\nbecause of delays in the autopsy.<\/p>\n
Head of the Cipinang penitentiary, Mintardjo, said Wainggai
\ndied as he was being taken to the Police Hospital in Kramat Jati
\non Tuesday night after he fell unconscious.<\/p>\n
He had been vomiting and complaining all night but refused to
\nbe taken to the hospital, insisting on seeing only an ICRC
\ndoctor, Mintardjo said.<\/p>\n
Wainggai was arrested when he led about 60 Irianese to
\nproclaim the establishment of the West Papua state at Mandala
\nfootball stadium in Jayapura in December 1988. He was convicted
\nthe following year and later transferred to Cipinang prison.<\/p>\n
He had impressive academic credentials, obtaining a master
\ndegree in law from Okayama University, Japan, in 1969 and a
\ndoctoral degree on public administration from Florida State
\nUniversity in 1985.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna questioned the
\nrelatives' insistence on ICRC doctors witnessing the autopsy.
\n\"I wonder why they don't trust our doctors,\" he asked.
\n(imn\/bsr\/04)<\/p>",
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