Chairman of the Papuan Presidium, Theys Hiyo Eluay is being charged with insurgence. Early last week at the Jayapura District Court, Public Prosecutor M. Erwin accused Theys of trying to separate an integral part of the country.

Attended by over a thousand of his supporters, Theys' trial went off smoothly without violence. Around 100 Brigade Mobile policemen were on guard patrolling the courthouse, and watching visitors going in and out of the co