With Scottish Independence on his mind, will Gordon Brown taking Indonesian lessons next month?

Richard Samuelson, Co-Director, Free West Papua Campaign (UK)
12 May 2008


NEXT YEAR or in 2010, the people of Scotland are now almost certain to be given the opportunity to vote in a referendum to choose independence or staying in the United Kingdom. In response, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to "do whatever is necessary to ensure the stability and maintenance of the Union". (1)


NEXT MONTH, Gordon Brown will welcome to Downing Street a leader who knows a thing or two about doing "whatever is necessary" to combat independence movements: the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Ten years ago, when Yudhoyono was a General in the Indonesian army, he and his military colleagues failed to prevent East Timor from breaking away from Indonesia. They tried to kill off East Timor’s bid for freedom by killing a third of the East Timorese people (2) … but even that wasn’t enough. And now, a decade later, having swapped his General’s uniform for a civilian suit, President Yudhoyono is determined, once again, to do "whatever is necessary" to stop West Papua going the same way.


According to a recent speech by UK Foreign Office Minister, Meg Munn MP, "Indonesia’s experience in East Timor, Aceh and Papua is not simply an internal affair. It can act as a model to others." (3) With this in mind, it would only be logical for Gordon Brown to ask the Indonesian President’s advice on how to prevent Scottish independence.


Using Indonesia’s "experience" in West Papua as a "model" for what the UK’s "experience in Scotland" could be like, here is how Yudhoyono’s advice to Gordon Brown might sound:


"1) AS PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA, my first advice to you, Prime Minister Brown, is that you must fill Scotland with British military forces. Build British military posts all over Scotland, in the centre of every city and in even the smallest Scottish village. Remember, the main reason for the British military’s existence is to maintain the unity and territorial integrity of the United Kingdom. You can also flood Scotland with British intelligence agents disguised as taxi drivers or shop keepers. Then you will catch as many Scottish separatists as possible. Your British soldiers, police and intelligence agents can then kill them, torture them, rape them, intimidate them and imprison them as a warning to other Scottish separatists.


As your Minister said, Indonesia’s experience in West Papua can act as a model to others: During my four years as President, we have hugely increased the Indonesian military and intelligence presence in West Papua. After one of my military commanders was indicted by the UN for war crimes in East Timor, I promoted him and sent him to West Papua. Since then he has warned the Papuan people "… it is the duty of the TNI [the Indonesian military] to crush any struggle or activity undertaken by any group in the community which tends towards separatism"(4)


Our Indonesian intelligence agents are everywhere in West Papua, disguised as taxi drivers or shop keepers. They catch as many Papuan separatists as possible. Then our Indonesian soldiers, police and intelligence agents can kill them, torture them (5), rape them, intimidate them and imprison them as a warning to other Papuan separatists.


2) I next advise you to BAN the Scottish flag, the Saltire, BAN the National Anthem, "Scotland the Brave" and BAN all other "separatist symbols" such as the thistle and Scottish dancing.


As your Minister said, Indonesia’s experience in West Papua can act as a model to others: We have made it a criminal offence for West Papuans to raise their flag, the Morning Star, or to sing their national anthem, "O My Land, Papua". Both are counted as "rebellion" under Indonesian law and are punishable by up to 20 years in prison (6). And under a new decree I have just issued (without any consultation with the Papuan people, of course), I’ve also banned displaying the flag or any other "separatist symbols" such as the Mambruk bird on a bag or T shirt. (7) Last July, our Indonesian Police also investigated allegations that some Papuan teenagers had been seen performing a separatist dance.


3) Next you must BAN all "regional/Scottish" political parties, especially the Scottish National Party. This means that, irrespective of what may be the democratic will of the Scottish people, the only choice Scots will have when they go to vote will be parties which totally support British territorial integrity! You may also consider assassinating their leaders. At the very least, imprison them for as long as possible.


As your Minister said, Indonesia’s experience in West Papua can act as a model to others: Under Indonesian law (8), we have made it impossible for the Papuans to form a "Free West Papua Party" by requiring that all political parties are represented in at least 50% of all the Indonesian provinces. So when West Papuans go to vote they can choose between my Party, The Democratic Party (Indonesian nationalist), or the Party of the Functional Groups [Golkar] (Indonesian nationalist), or the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (Indonesian nationalist), or the United Development Party (Indonesian nationalist), or the Prosperous Justice Party (Indonesian nationalist), or the National Awakening Party (Indonesian nationalist), or the National Mandate Party (Indonesian nationalist) or finally the Crescent Star Party (Indonesian nationalist). This is the choice we offer Papuan voters under Indonesian democracy.


Our friends in Burma prefer to keep Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, but in 2001 we in Indonesia decided it was better to assassinate the West Papuan independence leader, Theys Eluay (9). Our Special Forces strangled him to death because he was becoming much too popular amongst his own people and he was making West Papua known in the rest of the world. Then in 2002 we arrested another West Papuan independence leader, Benny Wenda. First we tried to bribe him into working for us but when he refused we tried to kill him too. And of course every time a Papuan raises the Morning Star flag, we put them in prison too.


4) Next you must BAN all Scottish separatists from standing in elections or from working in the Civil Service. Simply BAN everyone in Scotland from holding public office if they refuse to sign an oath to "to maintain the integrity of the United Kingdom". And you must also make it a legal requirement of the Scottish Parliament "to maintain the integrity of the United Kingdom". Then if a Member of the Scottish Parliament or a Scottish Civil Servant says anything about wanting independence for Scotland you can dismiss them from their post immediately. You’ll find it’s a very effective way to keep people silent.


As your Minister said, Indonesia’s experience in West Papua can act as a model to others: Under Indonesian Law, all West Papuans who want to stand for election or become a Civil Servant must make an oath "to maintain the unity and integrity" of Indonesia (10). And in our Special Autonomy Law for West Papua we’ve made it law that the Local Papuan Parliament is expressly required "to maintain the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia". In 2005, when a Papuan Civil Servant called Filep Karma, raised the Morning Star flag, we naturally dismissed him from his job … and also put him in prison for 15 years. We find this approach works very well for us in West Papua. We can tell the world that the Governor of Papua and the members of the Local Parliament are the "elected representatives of the Papuan people", but we Indonesians know that these people will almost always stay silent about human rights abuses and Papuan demands for an independence referendum … or else we will fire them.


5) And finally, hold a SHAM INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM. If you are worried that if you give them a free and democratic vote the Scottish people might make the wrong choice, i.e. independence for Scotland, simply make sure that whatever they actually want, you will get a 100% vote in favour of maintaining the United Kingdom!
‘One person – one vote’ is of course out of the question. You must order the British military to hand-pick a thousand or so "Scottish representatives", then put a gun to their heads and order them to vote for the United Kingdom. You can call it "the Act of Free Choice".


As your Minister said, Indonesia’s experience in West Papua can act as a model to others: Very inconveniently, we were required under international law to allow the West Papuans to exercise their right to self-determination, but my old mentor General Suharto knew that if we allowed them ‘one person – one vote’ they would undoubtedly make the wrong choice; independence for West Papua. So our Indonesian military simply rounded up 1,026 Papuan elders, locked them inside our military camps, put a gun to their heads and ordered them to vote for Indonesia. (11) This part of our "Indonesian model" was entirely successful. 100% of the "Papuan representatives" voted in favour of Indonesia.
We called it "the Act of Free Choice"."
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Of course, when Gordon Brown speaks of doing "whatever is necessary" to maintain the United Kingdom he doesn’t have assassinating Scottish independence leaders, banning Scottish flags or holding sham referendums in mind. Despite praising it as "a model for others", the UK will not be following Indonesia’s West Papua model. This imagined advice from Yudhoyono to Brown would be laughable if it wasn’t also so seriously true about how Indonesia is treating the West Papua people.


So this question must be put clearly and strongly to Gordon Brown: If this Indonesian model is so obviously unacceptable as a way to counter Scots who want independence from the UK, why do UK Ministers keep saying it is acceptable, sometimes even praiseworthy, as the way to counter West Papuans who want independence from Indonesia?


Don’t West Papuans deserve exactly the same democratic rights & freedoms as the Scots, the English, the Irish and the Welsh? At their meeting in London next month, we hope Gordon Brown will tell President Yudhoyono that they DO.


Richard Samuelson
Co-Director, Free West Papua Campaign (UK)
http://www.freewestpapua.org/
Tel: 07891 235112
E-mail: samoxen@dsl.pipex.com
Address: PO Box 656, OXFORD OX3 3AP
NOTES: (overleaf)
(1) The Daily Telegraph: "Gordon Brown won't let Union split" 10 May 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/1944747/Gordon-Brown-won't-let-England-and-Scotland-split.html
(2) The Australian: "UN verdict on East Timor" 19 January 2006 http://www.etan.org/et2006/january/14/19truth.htm
(3) Speech by UK Foreign Office Minister, Meg Munn MP, at a Wilton Park Conference "Indonesia: Political and Economic Prospects" 3 March 2008 http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/documents/Meg%20Munn%20Speech%20901.pdf
(4) Cenderwasih Pos, 7 July 2007: Statement by indicted war criminal and Indonesian military (TNI) commander in the West Papuan capital Jayapura:
"… it is the duty of the TNI [the Indonesian military]to crush any struggle or activity undertaken by any group in the community which tends towards separatism"
"What is absolutely certain is that anyone who tends towards separatism will be crushed by TNI".
"In the interests of the NKRI (Republic of Indonesia), we are not afraid of human rights. We are quite prepared to imprison anyone, or dismiss them from their posts, whenever such [an action] is in the interests of the NKRI".
(5) See, for example, report on TORTURE by Dr Manfred Nowak, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, 7 March 2008 : "…in Papua .. [Indonesian] mobile paramilitary police units have routinely been engaging in largely indiscriminate village ‘sweeping’ operations in search of alleged independence activists and their supporters, or raids on university boarding houses, using excessive force".
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/7session/A.HRC.7.3.Add.7AEV.doc
(6) Two prominent examples of West Papuans jailed for peacefully raising the Morning Star flag are Filep Karma & Yusak Pakage, who are currently serving 15 & 10 year prison sentences, respectively. Amnesty International has recognised Filep & Yusak as Prisoners of Conscience and is calling for their immediate and unconditional release. See: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=42
(6) Indonesian Government Regulation Number 77 of 2007 (PP 77/2007) on "Local Symbols" was issued by President Yudhoyono in December 2007. Article 6.4 states: "The design of a local symbol and flag must not have main similarities to the design, logo and flag of any illegal organization or separatist organization/ group/ institution/ movement in the Unitary Republic of Indonesia."
(8) Indonesian Law No. 31 of 2002 requires that political parties must have regional party boards in at least 50% of the total Indonesian provinces, and in 50 % of the total districts/municipalities in each province concerned, and in 25 % of the total sub-districts in each district/municipalities concerned. http://www.kbri-bangkok.com/about_indonesia/province_papua/province_papua.html
(9) The Age: "Kopassus guilty of Eluay murder" 22 April 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777211770.html
(10) Article 2 of the Official Pledge for Indonesian Civil Servants and military personnel http://jdihukum.banten.go.id/dokumen/UU%2048%20NO%209.pdf
(11) "[In the Act of Free Choice a] 1,000 handpicked representatives … were largely coerced into declaring for inclusion in Indonesia". (Foreign Office Minister Baroness Symons, House of Lords, 13 December 2004.)
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Richard Samuelson
Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford, UK.
http://www.freewestpapua.org/

WEST PAPUA: TNI BATTALION 756 WMS KILL 7 Papuans IN ASOLOGAIMA DISTRICT

KIMBIM -West Papua (SPM News)-- Seven native Papuans in Kimbin had been shot dead by TNI battalion 756 WMS. The TNI battalion 756 WMS has been assigned to secure Asologaima district. There is not any clear reason why the shooting happened and the situation is tense at the moment. There are about 350 Indonesian military soldiers who are still searching, burning people's houses, gardens, and livestock. The TNI burned down all the people's belongings this morning, Friday (23 May 2008)in Jayawijaya regency.

A SPM News crew who closely monitored the situation in the field reported that the TNI battalion 756 WMS since yesterday night (22/5/2008) had attacked and stormed the people. Their presence has terrorised the native Papuans. There was no clear explanation of this military operation. It seems that the operation is aimed at torturing all native Papuans.

The military's storm attack has killed 7 native Papuans and hundreds of other Papuans who fled to the jungles are in critical conditions. Some churches were also burned by 350 soldiers who were sent to kill and burn down all villages and people's belongings.
At the time when this report was written, the situation was still critical and tense. (WeNdAnAk)
Please contact Musa Haluk directly through his mobile phone HP: (081 344 880 279 ).
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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:52 AM
Subject: TNI BATALION 756 WMS MEMBUNUH 7 ORANG PENDUDUK SIPIL KECAMATAN ASOLOGAIMA

TNI BATALION 756 WMS MEMBUNUH 7 ORANG PENDUDUK SIPIL KECAMATAN ASOLOGAIMA

SPMNews Agamua

KIMBIM --(SPMNews)-- 7 orang Penduduk pribumi Kimbim telah ditembak mati oleh aparat TNI Batalion 756 WMS yang sedang bertugas didistrik Asologaima – Kimbim tanpa alasan yang jelas hingga situasi saat ini masih tegang antara aparat 350 Personil melakukan operasi penyisiran, pembakaran rumah-rumah penduduk, kebun, ternak-ternak dibakar oleh TNI dan membumi hanguskan seluruh harta kekayaan masyarakat pribumi Distrik Asologaima pada hari Jumat (23/05/2008) dini hari Kabupaten Jayawijaya.

Crew SPMNews yang memantau secara langsung dilapangan melaporkan bahwa, aparat TNI Batalion 756 WMS sejak kemarin malam (22/05/08’) telah melakukan penyerangan membabibuta sehingga kehadiran mereka sangat meresahkan masyarakat selama ini dan operasi ini diarahakan untuk membantai seluruh rakyat pribumi tanpa alasan dan motif yang tidak jelas.

Sementara itu, akibat penyerangan yang secara membabibuta telah membunuh 7 orang penduduk pribumi dan ratusan lainya dalam keadaan kritis sedang mengungsi kehutan-hutan akibat operasi yang secara membabibuta dari aparat TNI Batalion 756 WMS. Bahkan ada beberapa gereja turut dibakar oleh aparat TNI 350 personil yang dikirim untuk membunuh, membakar seluruh perkampungan masyarakat dan seluruh kekayaan yang dimiliki oleh penduduk setempat.

Sampai berita ini diturunkan keadaan sangat kritis dan tegang. (WeNdAnAk )


Catatan : silahkan kontak langsung ke Musa Haluk dengan nomor HP: (081 344 880 279 ) om tolong kontak sekarang juga semua orang-orang tua dan korban sedang tunggu kontak balik dari om sebentar sore , ae nombae ibar-ibar contac erinda nombae)

Richard Samuelson
Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford, UK.
www.freewestpapua.org

Free West Papua Campaign Vigil Outside Indonesian Embassy in London (14/4/2008)

London Eye viewed from New Zealand's House

Papuan people lose hope to fight Palm Oil Plantation

[FWPC (UK) comment: Notice the role of Papua Governor Suebu in handing over ancestral Papuan land to the Malaysian oil palm company against the will of the Papuan land owners and also removing the previous West Papuan logs export ban. This is the same Governor Suebu who was named a "Hero of the Environment" by TIME magazine in November 2007.

And notice the role of the Indonesian military and intelligence service (BIN) in making sure that in Indonesia's West Papua colony, Jakarta's interests always come first. This is yet more evidence that Special Autonomy is a sham, instigated by the Indonesians to make it look to the outside world that Papuans have a choice .... just like the Act of NO Choice in 1969.]
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Reported by KPKC GKI di Tanah Papua (The Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua) Synod, Jayapura

The people of Yetti, East Arso District, Kerom Regency - PAPUA have lost their hope in their struggle to reject a Palm Oil Plantation project on their own ancestral land. Barnabas Suebu, governor Papua Province has officially approved PT Rajawali Group company from Malaysia to use 26,000 hectares of the people's land for Palm Oil Plantation field.

On the 18 January 2008, two members from KPKC GKI church Synod visited local GKI branch in Kerom regency to prepare an environmental conservation training in Kerom. During this visit they got information about the plan to open a palm oil plantation field and that the implementation of the plan had nearly become a reality. PT Rajawali Group company had already opened up a field for palm seed production. The forest clearance, however, had not begun yet.

The Papua Provincial government has played a big role in ensuring that the palm oil investors' plan to open a palm oil plantation field in Kerom regency went smoothly. This is proven by the fact that two days before Governor Barnabas Suebu's visit to Kerom regency, his personal staff named Ronald Tapilatu phoned Rev. Pube Manuaron to come to the Governor's house in the State Palace in Dok V Jayapura. Rev. Pube Manuaron who was the chairman of GKI church office in Kerom Regency was invited to the Governor's house to hear explanations about the benefits of palm oil plantation because his church has opposed the government plan.

In the meeting, Dr Agus Sumule (the Governor's personal advisor) explained several benefits of the palm oil plantation such as the following:
1) The people would have lots of money from the land rental payment;
2) They people's capital would be strengthened from the land rental payment;
3) There would be additional benefits from renting the land;
5) Another benefit is that PT Rajawali Group would compensate for the use of water;
6) Local workers would be recruited from the local people.

The meeting was attended by Ronald Tapilatu (an ex-secretary of ELSHAM Papua) and manager of PT Rajawali Group. Rev Pube Manuaron requested that 10 hectares of land that belongs to GKI church in Arso should not be touched by PT Rajawali Group company.

Would the palm oil plantation benefit the native people of Arso? Below are some comments from Father John Jongga, ex-pastor of Waris - Keerom and Frans Jibu from the Indonesian-PNG Border Traditional Foundation, Mrs Sarafina (a women’s leader from Arso) and Stincence Bewangkir who gave testimony about the death of her husband, Marthinus Putui, who was murdered because he refused to allow outsiders to enter his customary (ancestral) land.

Pastor John Jongga: "On the 27 July 2007, the tribal leaders in Arso requested me to tell Governor Barnabas Suebu that the people of Keerom do not approve the plan to use their land as a palm oil plantation field. The people prefer cocoa plantation. However, the Governor has already made a deal with the giant company from Malaysia so he insisted on implementing his plan. I am worried that the people that would be recruited to work for the plantation are not native people from Keerom. The Keerom people will become spectators and the palm oil plantation would hire other workers as has already happened in the palm oil plantation in Arso. I heard that they would get a Chinese plywood company to come here and which would cut down all trees and use them for plywood materials. I have met the Chinese businesmen."

Frans Jibu: “Now the people of the Yetti tribe cannot freely enjoy the richness of their Nature. The government of Papua Province, Keerom regency government, and the Indonesian military came and freely raped our natural wealth from our customary land. Actually, we would like to express our concerns directly to the Governor but Indonesian intelligent agents stopped us and cancelled our plan. Thus, we could not propose our aspirations to the Governor directly when he visited Keerom Regency on the 27 July 2007. Yesterday, we also refused one million hectares of our land to be used for palm oil plantation. But the Indonesian military claimed that they represented us and went to hand over the land to the government. We learned from experience that the Arso palm oil plantation did not give benefits to the native people. In fact, the native people suffered from the plantation. Their land belongs to the outsiders who have divided their lands into lots.

Secondly, the palm oil plantation is not suitable with the local working culture. Local people are hunters and gatherers. We think that cocoa plant is fine, the people could do that.

Thirdly, the land certificate belongs to strangers. Until now we are still confused why the Indonesian military gave our land to PT Rajawali Group company. According to our custom, there needs to be an agreement among clan heads before giving any piece of land to other people; that is our democracy. However, this did not happen. I have seen a game played by the Indonesian military and the government that caused division between people in East Arso and caused the people to hate each other.

We, the people who own the land do not accept the government's plan to open the palm plantation field on our land. To me this is identical with an annihilation process. We have made a statement for the Governor that the palm oil plantation is identical with an annihilation process. However, when the Governor came to Arso, we were not given a chance to deliver our aspirations to him because the Indonesian intelligent agents stopped us. I though that both the Governor and the Regent are supposed to be Papuan customary sons so they should have known the procedures of giving out a piece of our land. I do hope that the two leaders must have understood this and are not allowing Indonesian intelligent agents to inform them. We had a traumatic experience with palm oil plantation. There is no benefit to us. The palm oil plantation will only annihilate us. In 20 years time our tribe will be annihilated from our own land.


I have told the TNI [Indonesian military] battalion commander and the Regent of Keerom, Mr Celcius Watae, that if 1 million hectares of our land was forcefully taken by the military and the government, then, I would be the first person to flee as a refugee to Papua New Guinea. I am the son of the great chief of the Arso tribe. My father was the commander in chief before we knew any missionaries. Thus, if I flee, all my people will flee as well. We'd better go out of our land because we cannot bear the sadness and the painful feelings of witnessing our land being handed over by the military to the government of Papua province who later sold it to PT Rajawali Group company. I am not safe myself. I have been chased by Kopassus (Indonesian special force). I always question how long before this suffering and the shadow of fear would go away and that we will have peace so people could go to their gardens or go hunting without fear and often I am pessimistic about that dream of peace.


Mama Sarafina: "Now I experince difficulties in getting clean water. Before it was easy for me to just drink from rivers but now I can't because of the palm oil plantation fertilizers have polluted the rivers. Big shrimps which size the same as sea lobsters are already extinct. Soon our protected forests (buffer zone) between East Arso and neighbouring country Papua New Guinea would be cleared for palm oil plantation. If the buffer zone is cleared, we will fight against it because it is the last resource for us to make gardens, go hunting, get our traditional medicines and have our cultural festivals. Why are thousands hectares of land in Arso left empty and why not use that land for palm oil plantation? What is the government's reason to look for new land? If all forests in Arso are cleared, we certainly will die.

The weekly newspaper Boda Post first edition in March 2008 reported that 26,000 hectares of iron wood forest would be replaced by palm oil. The forest that is provided for palm oil plantation is a primary (virgin) forest that has thousands of iron forests and other types of wood. The tribal chief of Yetti said that the forest that will be turned into the palm oil plantation is their ancestral heritage. However, the law and the competition between central and regional governments have sacrificed the people's forest.


The Marthinus Putui murder testimony

Stince Bewangkir (32), the widow of Marthinus Putui, told how her husband was murdered. It was Wednesday, 19th May [2007?]. Marthinus was ill so he asked to be taken to Abepura hospital. However, the next morning (20th May) Marthinus died suddenly. His body was taken to East Arso. However, when his body was laid into a coffin, his head, face and body were bleeding which showed that he had been tortured.

Stince Bewangkir: “My husband was working with a Chinese man. They did wood processing. Several Indonesian armed soldiers also came and did wood processing in our customary forest but my husband refused to allow them. When two military weapons were seized from the Indonesian military post in Wemby in 2006, one Indonesian soldier gave Rp. 50,000,000 (fifty million Indonesian rupiahs) to five Arso men with a request that they should get the lost weapons and return them to them. However, they did not succeed and they had used all the money. Then, they came to ask my husband to give access for the military to cut wood from East Arso because the military had threatened to shoot them. My husband wanted to save the lives of the five young men so he allowed the military to cut wood from the forest. However, my husband was murdered by village people who had black magic and who had been paid to kill him by the military. After my husband's death, anyone from outside the Yetti tribe could come and occupy our land and our forest freely.

Meanwhile, Governor Barnasbas Suebu in the Cenderawasih Post (18 March 2008) had cancelled the previous ban on exporting Papuan logs out of Papua. It was great news for more than 40 companies who had Hak Pengelolaan Hutan (rights to cut and manage forests). The Governor said, "we had already banned it (exporting logs from Papua) totally, however, in a meeting with the Indonesian President and Vice President, they requested us to remove (the export ban) by giving certain quotas (to logging companies). We also talked about this quota matter and how we manage what quota and which type of woods".


The removal of the Papuan log export ban certainly would give a great opportunity for timber businessmen to strip all the trees in the Papuan forests.

The story of Yetti tribe, East Arso in fighting to protect their land from government's and ivestor's attack was similar a story in a film of Chiko Mendes when helping a tribe in the higland of Brazil whose land was taken away by investors. Perhaps, we need a strong solidarity to fight against governmet's arbitrariness in taking away by force lands from Yetti people.


KPKC Sinode GKI di Tanah Papua

The Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua Synod,
Jayapura, West Papua


Richard Samuelson
Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford, UK.
www.freewestpapua.org