Anticipating The Widespread Yalimo Riot, Jayawijaya Police Prepares One Personnel Platoon

Adjunct Senior Commissioner Dominggus Rumaropen/ Antara

JAKARTA - A number of personnel from the Jayawijaya Resort Police, the Papuan Regional Police, were alerted to anticipate the riots in Yalimo Regency, which spread to this area.

Jayawijaya Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Dominggus Rumaropen said that apart from preparing a platoon, members were also placed at the Yalimo KPU Office in Jayawijaya.

"Wamena is the center of the new regencies in the mountains of Papua, so we are aware of other impacts to Wamena," he said in Wamena, the capital of Jayawijaya Regency, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 30.

Dominggus also said that there was no blocking of the connecting road between Yalimo-Jayawijaya.

"Indeed, there are several road points that are blocked in the Yalimo area, while from Wamena to the Yalimo border the road is still normal for vehicles to pass," he said.

The Chief of Police did not send personnel to assist members of the Yalimo Police because they were supported by personnel from the Papuan Police in Jayapura.

The Yalimo riots broke out after the decision of the Constitutional Court related to the Yalimo district election dispute.

The police stated that the burning of the government office there was carried out by a mass of supporters suspected of being the number one candidate pair, namely Erdi Dabi and Jhon Willlil.