Maybrat's KKB Threat Becomes Police And TNI's Attention In West Papua

West Papua Police Head of Public Relations, Kombes Adam Erwindi, shows pictures of 17 DPO attackers at Posramil Kisor Maybrat. (ANTARA/HANS ARNOLD KAPISA)

MANOKWARI - The threat of the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) to the defense of the state and the security of the general public in the Maybrat district is still a concern and a note from the Police and the TNI in the West Papua region. Of the 21 DPOs that attacked the Posramil Kisor Maybrat, 8 of them have been arrested. "Of the 8 DPOs that have been arrested, 7 of them are currently undergoing trial at the Makassar District Court, South Sulawesi, while 1 DPO on behalf of Melkias Ky was just arrested on January 30, 2022 and is still being held. undergoing a period of police detention," said Adam Erwindi in Maokwari, reported by Antara, Thursday, February 3.

"We also hope for community assistance to report if they know of the whereabouts of these DPOs in the West Papua region," said the Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Regional Police. brotherhood to support development programs in the area. According to him, whatever problems occur in the territory of West Papua there will be a solution, if the solution is approached with brotherly love in one development goal. "West Papua is our home, our place together. Everything What is problematic here, let's improve each other for one goal, namely being a nation and state within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," said Gabriel Lema.

He also gave a special note to armed criminal groups who still have different views with the Pancasila ideology in the territory of West Papua and are a threat to national defense and the security of the general public. The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Let's live together side by side, we will create peace," said the Regional Commander. Previously, the Commander of the Joint Regional Defense Command (Pangkogabwilhan) III Lt. Gen. TNI I Nyoman Cantiasa asked armed criminal groups in the Maybrat area who had been designated as DPOs to "Two incidents of attacks by armed groups in the Maybrat area by the same group have claimed the lives of five members of the Indonesian Army. I ask you to be responsible and surrender yourself immediately," said Cantiasa the day before leaving the position of Commander of the Kasuari Military Command.