8 Morning Star Raisers In Jayapura Become Makar Suspects

JAYAPURA - Investigators from the Dircrimum Polda Papua have named eight people who raised the Free Papua Organization (OPM) flag, the Morning Star, as suspects in the treason case.

"It is true that at this time investigators have named the eight people arrested Wednesday (1/12) after raising the flag at the Cenderawasih Sports Hall in Jayapura as suspects in the treason case," said Dircrimum Polda Papua Kombes Faizal Rahmadani in Jayapura quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 2.

He explained that the eight Morning Star flag hoists were suspected of Article 106 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with 110 in conjunction with 87 of the Criminal Code. Of the eight people arrested, six of them were students.

The eight people who were arrested and named as suspects, namely SK, FK, MK, MY, YM, BA, MP and MF, said Kombes Faizal.

December 1 is commemorated as the anniversary of the OPM which is an organization that is fighting to separate Papua from the Republic of Indonesia, marked by the raising of the Morning Star flag.

Six areas were reported to have raised the Morning Star flag, namely Jayapura City, Central Mamberamo, Bintang Mountains, Paniai, Intan Jaya, and Puncak.