TNI Members Involved In Chaos In Besum Jayapura Village Are Being Legally Processed

Dandim 1701/Jayapura Lt. Col. Inf. Hendry Widodo (ANTARA/Yudhi Efendi)

SENTANI - Military District Command (Kodim) 1701 / Jayapura stated that members involved in conflicts / riots in Karya Bumi Besum Village, Namblong, Jayapura Regency, Papua on January 1, are currently undergoing legal proceedings at the Army Military Police (POM AD) Kodam XVII / Cenderawasih.

"Currently, the process is in the stage of collecting witnesses to complete the case files of the members concerned," said Military District Command Commander (Dandim) 1701/Jayapura Lt. Col. Inf. Hendry Widodo as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 13.

According to him, the public must be patient in following the stages of this case because they have to go through case processes before the files are complete and tried.

"Members concerned will go through a military trial, and we will leave the results entirely to the trial mechanism," he said.

He explained that the trial mechanism was like evidence, the witness would be presented to obtain a detailed explanation regarding the series of problems that occurred at the beginning, causing fatalities and chaos.

"The number of witnesses themselves is until now according to information, POM AD is still searching for witnesses, so we don't know the exact number yet," he said.

POM AD Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih is confirmed according to the rules for handling this case.

"Of course we hope that this process will pass as soon as possible so that the social order, life and activities in the Kampung by Bumi Besum can return to running as usual," he said.

The conflict occurred in Karya Bumi Besum Village involving members of the TNI and the community on January 1, 2024, causing casualties and property losses due to the fire and residents having to flee to a safer place.

However, currently the condition of public order security (Kamtibmas) in Karya Bumi Besum Village is conducive and the displaced residents have returned, but the TNI-Polri security forces are still on standby at the location.