Seven alleged rebels arrested in Papua

Thu, 27 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAYAPURA, Papua: Papua police have arrested seven suspected
Papuan rebels in the past five days in Tolikara regency, some 700
kilometers southwest of Jayapura, the Papuan capital.

Acting spokesman for the Papua Provincial Police, Comr. Onny
J. Lebelauw, said that the police had apprehended them after a
"tip-off". Those arrested are alleged to have burned down houses
and government facilities in the regency on Jan. 14.

Seven were arrested 10 days later, while other suspects were
still on the run, said Onny.

Kelly's group is one of several separatist groups in Papua
that have been waging a low intensity insurgency in the jungle-
clad province since 1963, when the former Dutch territory was
incorporated into Indonesia. -- JP

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