Task Force Captures Two Members of KKB Kodap XXXV Bintang Timur in Oksibil

Jayapura (ANTARA) - A joint team from the Damai Cartenz Operation Task Force and the Pegunungan Bintang Police Resort captured two members of the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) Kodap XXXV Bintang Timur, with initials EK (22) and RS (23). The Head of Operations for the Damai Cartenz Task Force, Inspector General of Police Faizal Rahmadani, stated that the two KKB members were arrested during a law enforcement operation conducted on Sunday (19/4) around 20:45 WIT on Kabiding Road, Oksibil District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency. “The arrest is part of the Damai Cartenz Operation Task Force’s efforts to firmly address armed criminals who have been disrupting security stability in the Papua Pegunungan region,” Faizal said when contacted from Jayapura on Monday. He explained that EK is one of the KKB members on the wanted list (DPO) since December 2022 in connection with the murder of three ojek drivers on 5 December 2022 in Mangabib Village, Oksebang District. The incident is recorded in Police Report Number: LP/B/31/XII/2022/Papua/Res Pegunungan Bintang. Additionally, EK is recorded as involved in several acts of violence, including shootings and the burning of public facilities that occurred consecutively on 7, 9, 11, 12, and 14 January 2023 in Serambakon District, as well as an attack on the Rajawali Task Force Post in Mimin Village, Oksop District, on 27 May 2025. Meanwhile, RS is suspected of being involved with EK in the attack on the Rajawali Task Force Post at the same location and time. “From police records, it is revealed that RS is a former convict in a mobile phone theft case that occurred on 7 September 2020 on Yapimakot Road, Pegunungan Bintang. RS served a two-year prison sentence based on a court decision on 26 January 2021,” Faizal said.