Avoiding KKB Papua Terror, 52 Koroptak Residents Walk 4 Days Nggusi To Kenyam Nduga

TNI soldiers are helping residents who fled to Kenyam. (ANTARA/HO-Yonif Raider 514/SY)

PAPUA - As many as 52 Koroptak residents walked for days to Kenyam to avoid the terror of the Papuan KKB. Task Force Yonif Raider 514/SY Kostrad assisted in the evacuation of residents who were found while patrolling the forest. Komandan Yonif Raider 514/SY Kostrad Lt. Col. Inf. Rinto Wijaya said they were heading to Kenyam, Nduga Regency, Papua Province, Mountains. It has been four days since they traveled on foot from their village in Koroptak. "During the patrol led by Danpos Kendibam in the Kalimin area of Captain Inf Mahardika, Sunday (27 March), they met 52 residents who were in the forest and when asked they wanted to go to Kenyam," he said in a written statement, Tuesday, March 28, which was confiscated by Antara.

Rinto explained that dozens of Koroptak residents walked by carrying property, including pigs. After hearing their wishes, the joint TNI-Polri team from Kenyam came to pick up the community using several vehicles.

Arriving in Kenyam, they were immediately taken to the Nduga Police Station for health services by the joint TNI-Polri health team and free food delivery., in order to eliminate trauma due to KKB terror," he said.