Irianese demand referendum results

Irianese demand referendum results

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A group of people claiming to represent
residents in the remote districts of Nimboran, Kemtuk and Gresi,
urged the government on Friday to disclose the results of a 1969
referendum which gave Indonesia control over what is now Irian
Jaya.

The demand was made in exchange for their compliance with
police orders to lower a separatist West Papua flag residents
raised in Genyem village in Nimboran, 100 kilometers west of
here, on Thursday.

Martinus Buaiam, the spokesman for the 30-member group, told
Regent Y.P. Karafir, local police chief Lt. Col. Johny Rory and
local military commander Lt. Col. Mohammad Noer residents raised
the flag because they did not know about the United Nations-
sanctioned referendum.

"We have never been told of how the referendum was conducted
or its results," Martinus said.

Another representative, Mauritz Wouw, who fought for an
independent West Papua for eight years, told the officials a
friend in Jakarta he identified as Yance Hembring ordered Ganyem
residents to raise the flag. (34)