RNI – There’s an apparent cover-up of the ongoing violence in West Papua by the Indonesian government, as tensions flared up between the Indonesian police and indigenous people over the murder and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans by members of the Indonesian Elite Force. Relatives and the ‘Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence‘ believed the government is not telling the truth, and are doing their best to cover up the crimes of ‘Elite Force’ in West Papua.
Earlier, our CEO called for the six Indonesian suspects to be tried in a civilian court, arguing that trying these murderers in the Military Courts is the beginning of a government cover-up. The commission seemed to make the same argument that there’s a government effort to cover up the killing of innocent people by their own soldiers.
Violence in West Papua continues to escalate with the Indonesian government being urged to be transparent about the situation.
The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence claims the government has been covering up and restricting the international community’s access to information.
Commission co-ordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti said this was in relation to the murder and mutilation of four civilians in August which were not reported within the legal framework.