Tambrauw Police Southwest Papua Set 3 KNPB Organizational Frontmen Suspects In Makar Case

Security forces from the National Police and the TNI arrested members of the Tambrauw Sector KNPB when declaring and inaugurating the KNPB management in Bamusbama/ANTARA District.

SORONG - Tambrauw Resort Police, Southwest Papua, named three of the 19 members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) of the Tambrauw Sector as suspects after trying to declare and inaugurate the KNPB management body in Sarwom Village, Bamusbama District. Tambrauw Police Chief AKBP Bendot Dwi Prasetyo explained that the three suspects each had the initials UK, Y, and WY. "Meanwhile, we have determined 16 other people as witnesses and have returned them to their respective families,” he explained in Sorong, quoted from Antara, Monday, June 12. Three suspects have their respective roles in the KNPB organization. The UK suspect served as Secretary General of the KNPB for the Maybrat and Sorong Raya Regions with the task of being the initiator who gathers the community and indoctrinates and recruits them to join the KNPB activities. "The UK suspect is also one of the KNPB frontmen, Maybrat. The UK is tasked with disseminating separatist ideas who want to separate themselves from the Republic of Indonesia and be independent, as well as recruiting new members," he said. Then the suspect with the initials Y acted as a courier or intelligence in the structure of the newly formed KNPB Tambrauw organization. Meanwhile, the suspect WY acted as a security force tasked with maintaining security during the declaration and inauguration activities. "The three suspects were threatened with a criminal act of treason and violated Article 106 of the Criminal Code. Meanwhile, we have named 16 other people as witnesses and they have been returned to their respective families,” he added. The Tambrauw Police Chief revealed the chronology of the arrest of 19 members of the Tambrauw Sector KNPB starting from public information that there will be declarations and inauguration activities of the Tambrauw Sector KNPB Management Board. "So, it is true that on Friday, June 9, 2023, at around 15.30 WIT, it was located in a resident's house in Sarwom Village, Bamusbama District, Tambrauw Regency, a group that carried out the declaration and inauguration of the West Papua National Committee Management Agency (KNPB) for the Tambrauw Sector," he said. The arrest of 19 sympathizers of the KNPB Tambrauw was carried out by a joint team consisting of the Tambrauw Police and Kodim 1810/Tambrauw. "We, a joint team consisting of the Tambrauw Police and the Tambrauw Kodim, managed to disperse the activity. We managed to secure 19 people who were immediately taken to the Moraid Police Station for further investigation in order to find the role of each and also to determine whether the criminal element was fulfilled," he said. The police chief added that until now the situation in Bamusbama after the arrest was safe and conducive, and there was no threat from any party. "We, the National Police and the TNI, guarantee security in the Tambrauw area," he said.