The Jakarta Post, January 26, 2006
Komnas-HAM probes Papuan asylum bid
JAYAPURA, Papua: The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has
started investigating the cases of 43 Papuans seeking political asylum in Australia
and the shooting of three protesters, one fatally, in Waghete, Paniai district.
Komnas HAM Papua branch deputy head Alberth Rumbekwan said in the Papuan
capital of Jayapura on Wednesday that two teams had been formed to investigate the
incidents.
The first team would be dispatched to Merauke to gather information on the departure
of 43 Papuans refugees to Australia for asylum.
The Papuans have told Australian authorities they faced political persecution in
Indonesia.
The second team would go to Waghete to investigate a Jan. 20 incident in which
armed police shot dead a 13-year-old boy and wounded two others in a protest. --JP
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