Nemangkawi Operation Extended Again Until January 25, 2022

Head of the National Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan

JAKARTA - The police have extended the Nemangkawi Task Force Operation period until January 25, 2022, following the end of the second phase of operation on December 31, 2021.

"The plan is to be extended until January 25, 2022, today the sprint has been issued," said the Head of the Public Information Section (Kabagpenum) of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan in Jakarta, Monday, January 3.

According to Ramadhan, the extension of the Nemangkawi Task Force Operation period for the next 25 days is based on the results of the analysis and evaluation (anev) conducted by the Police and the TNI before the operation period ended in December 2021.

The 25 days, continued Ramadhan, became a period of preparation for the police to continue regional operations by the Papuan Police.

"Later on, Operation Nemangkawi will become a regional operation under the command of the Papuan Police," said Ramadhan.

In a final release in 2021, it was stated that the National Police had carried out 276 police operations including six centralized operations and 270 regional operations.

Two important operations include Operation Nemangkawi Papua stages I and II. From this operation, 27 people who are members of the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) have been arrested.

In addition, the National Police also succeeded in bringing 53 members and sympathizers of the KKB to surrender to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).

The National Police conduct operations with an approach that focuses on a more persuasive humanist court or "soft opproach" in Papua, through the Bimas Noken program, the Tifa program or traditional understanding, and the Kaswari program.

In these programs, members of the National Police cooperate with relevant ministries to help provide counseling and help improve the welfare of the Papuan people.