May 7, 2014
Media Release
West Papua – Bloody Moanemani incident: Teenagers are run-over and killed, then Indonesia Police machine gun three
relatives
Yesterday, Indonesian BRIMOB para-military police, are reported to have shot three Papuan men, who are now in a critical
condition. This shooting has occurred after local people tried to negotiate an outcome from an incident where a truck
driver has run-over and killed two Papuan youths, returning from a Church service early that morning. After the shooting
a non-Papua resident has been killed, apparantly to avenge the Police action.
Paula Makabory from Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights in Australia, said today, “The series of incidents in
Moanemani highlights how military-style policing perpetuates the endless cycle of violence in the 50 year Indonesian
occupation of West Papua.”
Ms Makabory also stated, ”The Indonesia Police Commander Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian has misrepresented this bloody
Moanemani event in the Indonesian press. The Police have escalated the incident by ignoring local custom and quickly
resorting to shooting local people rather than any form of negotiation.”
ENDS