Controversy over Theys’ Release
Confusion in Jakarta, Blood in Papua
Monday, December 18, 2000
After the controversial arrest of several pro-independence leaders, the calls for independence in West Papua will only get stronger.
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Jakarta really seems at a loss as to how to deal with West Papua’s calls for independence. Indonesia’s leaders cannot get their act together on the issue. Now comes the controversial arrest of Theys Hiyo Eluay, chairman of the pro-independence Papuan Presidium, carried out despite pleas from President Abdurrahman Wahid not to take him in.
Police in West Papua ignored Wahid’s call to delay the arrest of Theys. The pro-independ
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