Jayapura Police seize W. Melanesian flag

Jayapura Police seize W. Melanesian flag

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Local police seized on Thursday
documents and a West Melanesian flag from a meeting of the West
Melanesia Christian Democratic Party at the Hamadi Rawa Church in
South Jayapura subdistrict.

"We have arrested J.M. Paiki, who is believed to have
organized the meeting. We are questioning him thoroughly," chief
of the Jayapura Police, Adj. Sr. Comr. Daud Sihombing, said here
on Friday.

He said that what the group had done was improper, although it
was within the forum of a political party.

Aside from that, he added, the church was not an appropriate
place for political activities. --Antara