A gun battle took place between the military troops of 751 Battalion Raiders to paramilitary groups , in Papua's Puncak Jaya , Friday ( 24/1 ) , killing a military personnel and a civilian member of the group .
A gun battle between security forces and paramilitary groups in Papua occurred for the second time back in the early 2014 's . A gun battle took place between the military troops of 751 Battalion Raiders to paramilitary groups , in Papua's Puncak Jaya , Friday ( 24/1 ) .
Head of the Public Information Office Information Center TNI Infantry Colonel Robert Bernard explains to VOA contact firing occurred around 7:15 pm Eastern Indonesia Time , when the combined team was conducting security operations in the Puncak Jaya region of Papua . Two people were killed in the incident dilaporakan . One of the paramilitary groups and the other members of the military .
" We were right troops and police conduct regional security and law enforcement there . Well at the time of the incident of troops on patrol . In that area , a lot of reports from the public about criminal acts , such as extortion and threats from groups ( civilian ) criminal armed , "said Col. Robert Bernard Infantry .
" This morning 's (Friday , 24/1 ) , TNI troops firing directly contact with this group . At the moment contact occurs , one of their members were killed and seized the firearms . Nah , we also killed one of the members of the military in the name of the soldier one Sugiarto of Infantry Battalion 753 , " he added .
Private First Class Robert Bernard added Sugiarto immediately evacuated the bodies were taken to the hospital and taken to the Jayapura to Mulia . He thinks the current security operation was continued with paramilitary groups continue to pursue in Puncak Jaya .
"The area is not it very much . Yet again linked to the access road that is not easy to say that so far . Includes weather climate and so on . Buried first at the hospital in honor, then flown to Jayapura . We chased them along with the police , " said Robert Bernard .
Intelligence analysts from the Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies Indonesia ( LESPERSSI ) Rizal Darma Putra refused if armed violence in Papua solved by military means let alone implement special area status in Papua .
"If there is attached a special situation that will increasingly limit . , But in this case , does not mean there should be no decisive action yes .. but who feared to further increase the violence there . Due to the nature of military operations closed and unaccountable it is dangerous . especially against the civilian population are not associated with these activities , " said Rizal Darma Putra .
The only settlement of the problem in Papua, particularly with regard to security issues added Rizal is optimizing the path of dialogue with Papuan leaders .
" Dialog is still room . Probably only needs to be improving the quality of diplomacy itself. Here may need to increase the informal leader in Papua . Then also with the institutions and customs of the church in Papua that may need to be optimized so that they could again approach the parties often violent ways to express their political ideas , "said Rizal .
What also needs to be done by the Indonesian government added the government needs to think Rizal is to break the chain between the South Pacific countries and international non-governmental organizations that have been supporting Papuan independence , the armed civilian groups in Papua .
In the early 2014 's counted twice already in contact battles between security forces TNI / police with paramilitary groups in Papua .
Earlier on January 9 and a shootout between the military and police forces combined with paramilitary groups in East tangguk Timika Papua Coffee Times . In this incident , one person died from armed civilian groups . The security forces also seized firearms and three organic types M16 magazines 16 .
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