Village Head Suspected Of Supplying KKB Ammunition Funds In Nduga Papua Arrested

Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Papua Police, Kombes Faizal Rahmadani. ANTARA/Evarukdijati

JAYAPURA - Police arrested one of three village heads suspected of supplying funds to buy ammunition for armed groups in Kenyam, Nduga Regency, Papua.

Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Papua Police, Kombes Faizal, said that only one of the three village heads suspected of funding the purchase of 615 bullets were arrested in Yalimo, last June 30.

TL, the head of Wusi Village, Wusi District, Nduga Regency, was arrested on Thursday (4/8), in Kenyam, and from an investigation he admitted to giving Rp. 150 million.

"Indeed, only one village head has been arrested, while the identities of the other two have been identified, including the village secretary who asked the village head for money with the excuse of helping students," said Rahmadani as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 8.

TL's arrest was made after investigators investigated the origin of the funds used by AM, an ASN from Nduga Regency who was arrested in Yalimo with 615 bullets. "It is suspected that the money used came from village funds or village funds," he said.

The case of 615 bullets of various calibers which were secured before being received by the armed group led by Egianus Kogoya was allegedly purchased from unscrupulous members of the Indonesian Army for Rp. 200,000 per item. Currently, two members of the Indonesian Army are detained for allegedly being involved in the sale of 615 bullets.