Between Jakarta and Papua
April 2, 2002
Muridan S. Widjojo*
*The author is a researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and iscurrently studying at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
The kidnapping and murder of Papuan leader Theys Eluay last November is the latest in what has become a tradition in the relationship between Jakarta and Papua. The authors of this policy of murder believe that it will kill off Papuan aspirations for independence. Previously, in 198 |