Alleged murder to be probed

Alleged murder to be probed

JAYAPURA, Papua: Papuan leaders agreed on Thursday to establish a
team to investigate the killing of a priest in the Puncak Jaya
region.

The agreement was hammered out after a meeting at the Papua
provincial council attended by council chief John Ibo, the chief
of the Trikora military command overseeing Papua, Maj. Gen.
Nurdin Zainal, and the leader of Papua Anti-Military Front,
Jefrison A. Pagawak.

The team would look into the front's allegation that
Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers murdered recently Elisa
Tabuni, a Catholic priest. Elisa has been accused by the military
of leading an insurgency in Puncak Jaya. -- JP