The Perpetrator Of The BTS Job Hostage In The KKB Bintang Mountains, Leader Of Badmin

One of the victims was a hostage-taking victim in Okbab when he arrived in Oksibil, the capital of the Bintang Mountains Regency. (ANTARA/HO/Doc of the Cartenz Peace Task Force)

Head of the Cartenz Peace Task Force, Kombes Faizal Rahmadani, said that the KKB that attacked and had held BTS tower workers hostage in Okbab, Bintang Mountains Regency (Pegubin), Papua Mountains led by warehous Mimin.

"It is true from the results of the investigation carried out by the Cartenz Peaceful Law Enforcement Task Force team and the Bintang Mountains Police, it was revealed that the perpetrator was an employee ofEL Mimin who was one of the KKB leaders in the Pegubin area," Faizal said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, May 20.

Currently, all tower workers, three of whom are employees of PT. IBS and staff of Okbab District and other civilians have been released.

The hostage-taking of the workers occurred on Friday (12/5) shortly arriving at Okbab using an aircraft belonging to Elang Air.

The plane carrying six passengers, namely the Head of the Communications and Information Office of the Bintang Alferus Sanuari Mountains, three PT IBS employees, namely Benjamin Sembiring, Asmar and Feryan Erlangga and staff of Okbab Peas Kulka District and residents of Borme Senus Lepitalem District.

Arriving at the Okbab airport suddenly a group of people carrying sharp weapons such as machetes then attacked PT. IBS employees until they were eventually injured.

The Head of Kominfo Bintang Mountains and an employee of PT. IBS, Benjamin Sembiring, was allowed to return to Oksibil by plane and reported the incident to the Pegubin Police.

"Meanwhile, two employees of PT. IBS together with the Okbab District staff and civilians who were also with the team were buried in Okbab, explained Faizal.

Two employees of PT. IBS and their colleagues have been released and left Okbab after the Deputy Regent of Pegubin Regional Government negotiated with the group.

From the victim's statement, it was revealed that the perpetrators were not residents of Okbab.

"From the statements of the victims and the results of the investigation, it is confirmed that the perpetrators are members of the KKB," said Kombes Faizal.