https://asiapacificreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/ Independent Asia Pacific news and analysis Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://asiapacificreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/#comment-12201 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:50:09 +0000 https://asiapacificreport.nz/?p=35472#comment-12201 The killing in Nduga of people from the Trans-Papua road project had to be expected, the TNI (Indonesian military) has openly stated that locals have been opposed to the project since its commencement and that the government’s response to letters asking Indonesia to stop the construction has been to send more troops for the purpose of conduction “sweeping operations” against the people who object to the road. For anyone who has seen the 1963 Marlon Brando film, The Ugly American, this road project seems to be an example of life imitating fiction.

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