Jokowi's Order To The National Police And The TNI Commander: Capture All KKB Members!

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to arrest all members of the armed criminal group (KKB).

This order was conveyed after the death of the Head of the Papua Regional Intelligence Agency (Kabinda) Brig. Gen. I Gusti Putu Danny Nugraha Karya as a result of a firefight with the KKB on Sunday afternoon, April 25 yesterday.

"I have ordered the TNI Commander and the Police Chief to chase and arrest all KKB members," Jokowi said in a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Monday, April 26.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta emphasized that there is no place for armed groups in all regions of the country. No exception, Papua.

"I emphasize that there is no place for armed criminal groups in the Land of Papua or in the whole country," said Jokowi.

It is known that the Head of the Papua Regional Intelligence Agency (Kabinda) Brig. Gen. TNI I Gusti Putu Danny Karya Nugraha was shot dead by the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) in Beoga, Puncak Regency, Papua, Sunday, April 25.

The plan is for the body of Brigadier General TNI I Gusti Putu Danny, who has long served at Kopassus, to be evacuated from Beoga to Timika, Papua on Monday, April 26, to be flown to Jakarta.

Deputy VII of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Wawan H. Purwanto in his statement said that the plan was for the bodies to be buried in Jakarta and awarded a promotion to one level higher (posthumous).

"The body will be buried in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery (TMP) and posthumously promoted to Major General," he explained in a written statement, Monday, April 26.