The Success Of The Indonesian Pamtas Task Force-PNG Infantry Battalion 132/BS, 4 Firearms And Munitions Handed Over By The TPN-OPM Sympathizer

Major Inf Zulfikar Rakita Dewa managed to accept the handover of 4 Mouser firearms. (IST)

JAYAPURA - Special Team of the Indonesian Pamtas Task Force-PNG Infantry Battalion 132/BS led by Wadansatgas Major Inf Zulfikar Rakita Dewa managed to receive the handover of 4 Mouser-type firearms. In addition, 3 rounds of Kaliber cocktails were also handed over 7.62 mm from sympathizers of the TPN-OPM group in the RI-PNG border area, Mosso-District Muara Tami Village and Tami Dam-Muara Tami District, Jayapura, Wednesday, June 28.

The handover of firearms and munitions by sympathizers of the TPN-OPM group was carried out 3 times, namely at the end of May 2023, at the beginning and end of June 2023.

The moment began with the order of the Indonesian Pamtas Dansatgas-PNG Infantry Battalion 132/BS Lt. Col. Inf Ahmad Fauzi to Major Inf Zulfikar to form a Special Team for the Milky Way in order to anticipate the activities and movements of the Terrorist Separatist Group (KST) in the Papua border area which seeks to smuggle firearms and munitions illegally.

By prioritizing humanist territorial development, Major Inf Zulfikar then carried out the order by choosing and preparing his best personnel supported by Captain Inf Putra Kurnia Zendrato and Sergeant Faisal Harahap.

Social communication (Komsos), which is always carried out by the Bima Sakti Special Team by prioritizing territorial development, was greeted very well and with high enthusiasm by the community for providing welfare and security guarantees for the people on the Papua border.

For approximately 8 months, various territorial development activities that are humane are very helpful for the Papuan people.

Not only that, the Bima Sakti Special Team also really cares about the welfare of the Papuan people, such as the construction of bore wells for access to clean water, the management of people's houses, the house of worship (gereja), the 'Bakar Batu' event. There is also a competition to decorate Christmas trees, distribute 2,100 new clothes, distribute 870 food packages, distribute 100 study equipment packages to elementary students, circumcision and free mass treatment.

After that, it was continued with the distribution of 100 food parcels / light drinks, up to the installation of 100 units of Information on the Public Solar Street (PJUTS) along the Papua border crossing and so on.

Various efforts to maintain security have also been made to protect the public, such as arresting YP, who is one of the TPNPB-OPM figures, thwarting the circulation and smuggling of marijuana up to 34.5 kilograms, thwarting the smuggling of munitions by Papua New Guinea citizens, receiving the handover of 28 rounds of Kaliber 5.56 mm munitions, thwarting the smuggling of 3.4 tons of subsidized diesel fuel and many others.

"With hard work, sacrifice, sincerity and sincerity, we always try to provide the best solution to overcome the dynamics of problems that occur in society," said Major Inf Zulfikar.

Through various territorial development activities that touch the hearts, conscience and minds of the community and are supported by activities that provide security for the community, sympathizers of the TPN-OPM group with full awareness of handing over firearms and their munitions to the Milky Way Special Team.

Meanwhile, Dansatgas Pamtas RI-PNG Infantry Battalion 132/BS emphasized that it is committed to protecting the community and even building welfare for the people on the Papuan border.

"We are committed to improving welfare and providing a sense of security for all people at the Papuan border," said Lt. Col. Inf Ahmad Fauzi.