Attacked By KKB, 1 Member Of TGPF Was Shot In The Leg, 1 TNI Was Shot In The Waist

Member of the Joint Fact-Finding Team (TGPF), Bambang Purwoko (Photo: Kapen Kogabwilhan documentation)

JAKARTA - Member of the Joint Fact Finding Team (TGPF), Bambang Purwoko, who is a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), was shot by an armed criminal group (KKB) in Hipadita District, Intan Jaya. The shooting, which began with an ambush, was carried out when the team headed to Sugapa District.

"On October 9 at 15.30 WIT in the Kampung Mamba Bawah area, Hipadita District, there was an interception by the KKB of the Joint Fact Finding Team (TGPF) while returning from Hitadipa district to Sugapa," said the Head of Information (Kapen) of the Joint Defense Areas Command ( Kogabwilhan) III Colonel Czi IGN Suriastawa to reporters, Friday, October 9.

As a result of the shooting incident, Bambang suffered gunshot wounds to the left ankle and left wrist. His condition is currently in a conscious state.

Apart from Bambang, a member of the TNI, Sertu Faisal Akbar, suffered a gunshot wound to the waist and was conscious.

Currently the victims are being treated at Sugapa Hospital and escorted by TNI personnel dpp Asintel Dam Cendrawasih Col. Inf. Ardian Triwasana.

"The other TGPF groups are already at the official residence of the Deputy Governor Intan Jaya," said Suriastawa.

It is known, TGPF Intan Jaya which was formed by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD arrived in Papua, Wednesday, October 7. The team that was formed to investigate the shooting incident that occurred in Intan Jaya District arrived in two groups and carried out a number of jobs including gathering witness statements.

"The two team groups led by Benny Mamoto and consisting of elements of community leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders and campus leaders will immediately work. They will conduct meetings and interviews with witnesses and a number of neutral figures that have been scheduled earlier," said the official statement. from the Public Relations of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs quoted on Wednesday, September 7.

Previously, the Government formed a Joint Fact Finding Team (TGPF) to investigate the shooting incident that took place in Intan Jaya Regency, Papua. Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said that the team was formed through the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Decree Number 83 of 2020 filled by a number of names from elements of officials at the Kemenkopolhukam, TNI, Polri, Presidential Staff Office, State Intelligence Agency, to community leaders.

"This team is given the task of starting from the initial issuance of a decree until the next two weeks to report the results to the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs," Mahfud said in an online press conference, Friday, October 2.