Maj. Gen. Tonny Rompis:"We can’t shoot them—bang, bang—just like that…"

Maj. Gen. Tonny Antonius Rompis was one of nine senior Army and police officers killed in a plane crash in Irian Jaya on January 8. Named chief of Irian Jaya’s military command only six weeks before, Rompis was known as an officer who took a "persuasive approach" in dealing with the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in the province, traveling extensively through the hinterland to persuade the rebels to give up their struggle. In an interview with T

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