JAYAPURA, SUARAPAPUA.com — Theo Hesegem, Executive Director of the Papua Justice and Human Integrity Foundation (International Human Rights Division), accompanied by Ikabus Gwijangge, Chairman of the Regional House Representatives of Nduga submitted a case report on alleged human rights violations in Nduga Regency to the Papuan People’s Assembly Timotius Murib in his office on Friday (28/8/2020).
After submitting the report, Theo Hesegem, Director of EYKKM, said that it is our obligation as a community to submit the report to the institutions and leaders to be followed up internally. “Chairman of the Regional House Representatives on behalf of the victims and peoples, today we submit an official report to the Papuan People’s Assembly, and we want to convey that there are allegations of human rights violations in Nduga,” he said.
Hesegem, hopes that the MRP can become a bridge to bring these aspirations to Jakarta, and to resolve all cases of alleged human rights violations in Papua, including the Nduga case.
“We hope that the final cases of the murder of the two victims are Selu Karunggu, 20 years old and Elias Karunggu, 34 years old. They are civilians with refugee status after the December 2 2018 incident in Yigi, Nduga District. Until now, there is no investigation has yet participated in the crime scene,” said Hesegem.
Hesegem emphasized, the Nduga community up to now need a law enforcement process, that the location needs to be identified by investigators, because the community needs an explanation of what happened there, whether it was true or not.
“The community needs law enforcement, if the people who were killed and the law enforcement (Military/Police) claim that those who were killed were criminal groups (an independent Papua operation such as OPM, KKB, KKS) without clear evidence and investigation we rejected this claim, it must be proven in a clear legal process,” he said.
Meanwhile, Timotius Murib, Chairman of the Papuan People’s Council (MRP), gave his appreciation to Nduga officials and Papuan human rights defenders who attended giving reports as a form of concern for the safety of indigenous Papuans.
“The MRP accepts and will follow up on the report according to institutional mechanisms because the report submitted by the DPRD, Regent and Human Rights Defenders is a form of concern for the safety of indigenous Papuans in Papua,” he said.
Reporter: Agus Pabika
Editor: Elisa Sekenyap
