Tag: Papua police
Indonesian police raid church office, home in Nduga – arrest six,...
Asia Pacific Report
Members of Indonesia's Nduga District Police and the Damai Cartenz Police Task Force have raided a residential house and the local head...
Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping
RNZ Pacific
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called again for the immediate release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who has now been held hostage...
Papuan police investigate spate of fires razing offices, houses in Dogiyai
Jubi News
Papuan police are investigating a spate of mysterious fires in the Dogiyai area in Central Papua province.
The razed structures include the offices of...
Indonesian police move to stem rise in Papuan freedom fighter attacks
Jubi News in Jayapura
Indonesia's Papua police chief Inspector-General Mathius D Fakhiri has called for action to ensure that "security disturbances" in the Puncak Jaya...
NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian security forces were about to launch a rescue operation for a pilot held hostage in Papua before New Zealand intervened, reports ABC...
Confusion reigns over real reasons for burning of missionary plane in...
Pacific Media Watch correspondent
The pro-independence conflict in West Papua with a missionary plane reportedly being shot down at Intan Jaya has stirred contrasting responses...