After The KKB Headquarters Raid, Police: Yapin Community Has Normal Activity

Illustration Of The Madago Raya Task Force From The TNI-Polri (ANTARA)

JAYAPURA - The Yapen Islands Police Chief, Papua, AKBP Herzoni Saragih confirmed that no Ambaidiru residents fled after the raid on the KKB headquarters in the area. "No residents have fled and activities have returned to normal, including to the garden," said AKBP Herzoni Saragih to Antara, Wednesday, June 21. Contacted from Jayapura, the Yapen Islands Police Chief said that the raids on the KKB headquarters in Ambaidiru had been carried out twice, namely the first one in 2021. During the raid that was carried out, last Friday, the joint team only found evidence related to the existence of KKB such as a wooden homemade firearm resembling a pistol, a striped vest, a Morning Star flag measuring 25cm x 15 cm and various other pieces of evidence. The evidence was secured at the Yapen Islands Police Headquarters in Serui, Papua, and no one was arrested. "During the raid carried out by the joint team of the Yapen Islands Police and the Cartenz Peace Task Force, no KKB or sympathizers were arrested because they had already run in hiding," said Saragih.

He said the KKB headquarters was far from residential areas, but there were several residents' gardens around them and to reach the location had to walk for about two hours. "The police will cooperate with the Yapen Islands Regional Government to pay attention so that the area is no longer the KKB headquarters," said AKBP Herzoni Saragih.