West Papua Regional Police Secure One Assumed Handcrafted Firearm For Marriage Dowry

JAKARTA - The West Papua Regional Police (Polda) secured a revolver-type firearm during a concentrated operation from 21 April to 5 May 2021. Reported by Antara, Thursday, May 5, West Papua Regional Police Chief, Inspector General of Police Tornagogo Sihombing in Manokwari, On Thursday, he said that his party had secured one homemade revolver type firearm during Operation Concentration on April 30, 2021 in Maruni, Manokwari Regency. He said that the two people associated with the homemade firearms, CA and EM had been secured and were undergoing examination for further legal proceedings. The police chief said that so far the firearms secured in his jurisdiction came from outside West Papua with the aim of being a marriage dowry.

He said that this was certainly wrong and deviated from the true cultural rules. Because if a problem occurs, it is certain that the firearm will be misused and can kill other people's lives. Therefore, he appealed to the people of West Papua who still keep firearms for the benefit of the marriage dowry to immediately hand them over to the police and the TNI so they are not abused. " who with their own awareness that handing over firearms is not processed but will be embraced. West Papua is safe so let's build West Papua well without violence, "he said. He added that in this concentrated operation, the authorities also secured one owner of an airsoft gun with the initials HP and an owner of a wind weapon with the initials AR who is currently in legal proceedings