The Army Chief Of Staff Reveals That Military Personnel Diverted To The Papua KKB, Bringing 70 Ammunition

KSAD General Andika Perkasa (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Andika Perkasa stated that TNI soldiers who joined the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) in Papua carried 70 rounds of ammunition and magazines when they fled their posts in February 2021.

The TNI soldier who defected to the KKB with the initials LYM, who had the last rank of pratu, was a member of the 410 / Alugoro Infantry Battalion.

"His weapons are left, but two magazines containing 70 rounds of 5.56 millimeter ammunition. That is what he brought," said Army Chief of Staff General Andika Perkasa, Tuesday, April 20.

This incident is an evaluation for the TNI AD. It is known that soldiers who defected to KKB Papua only joined the TNI unit in 2015.

"The person concerned is 24 years old, born and raised in Wamena, and placed after serving in one of the infantry battalions in West Java," he said.

Until now, his party is still searching for these soldiers. There will be penalties for soldiers who defect.

"So after 30 days we can fire the person concerned. But the search for the person concerned continues to be carried out both physically and electronically and I can report the whereabouts but still generally in Papua," said Andika.