7 Gold Pendulang Di Yahukimo Di Massacred KKB, TNI Pastikan Korbannya Bukan Intelligence

Illustration. TNI AD personnel patrolling security in Yakuhimo Regency, Papua. (doc the TNI AD)

JAKARTA - The TNI denied that the victims of the shooting of the armed criminal group (KKB) in Yahukimo Regency, Papua Mountains, were not members of the TNI. Kaskogabwilhan III Marsma TNI Deni Hasoloan Simanjuntak emphasized that the victims of the massacre of civil society whose daily lives depend on the proceeds of gaining gold, not TNI intelligence soldiers who disguise themselves as street vendors. "The victims are purely civil society, none from the TNI or Polri, as revealed by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), because it is an old song that always states that the victims are spies or intelligence from the TNI and Polri," Deni said in a press release, Friday, October 2, confiscated by Antara.

He said the action taken by the KKB against gold collectors in Kali I, Mosom Duba Village, Seradala District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua, was very brutal. Deni condemned the brutality committed by the KKB on Monday, October 16, for causing fear in society. "The actions of separatist groups are like terrorists which disturb the security and stability of the region," he said. In that incident, 52 people were evacuated, including seven survivors who died as a result of being shot by the KKB.