PAPUANS seeking asylum overseas is nothing new. This has been going on since the transfer of power from the Netherlands to Indonesia during the 1960s. Papuans who refused to join, fled to a number of countries in the South Pacific, such as Vanuatu, Fiji, and Australia.

Moses Weror is one such figure. He was initially an Indonesian diplomat at the United Nations, where he declared that Papua was a part of Indonesia. Disappointed with the implement