The National Police Action Decisively All Parties Who Supply Guns To OPM

The National Police Action Decisively All Parties Who Supply Guns To OPM

Seeing from a number of previous cases, Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw said, he suspected that there were weapons used by the armed criminal groups (KKB) of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) in Papua from Lumajang, East Java.

According to Paulus, the information obtained by his side, there are modern-assembled weapons assembled in Lumajang. The weapons are indicated to have entered Papua Indonesia, this is a big work for the TNI-Polri to carry out investigations.

"This homemade weapon is indicated as having entered Papua," Paulus said.

The National Police will take firm action against anyone involved with either supplying or ordering weapons used to meet the separatist needs of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) to carry out rebellions and killings.

In addition, the weapons and ammunition used by the OPM are also allegedly supplied from abroad. Bearing in mind, several previous cases of smuggling of weapons and ammunition have been revealed to Papua.

The smuggling of weapons from the State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by passing the rat routes on the border of the Republic of Indonesia-PNG. Meanwhile, from the Philippines passing North Maluku, into Sorong, West Papua.

According to Paulus, his party is currently tracking the origin of the KKB ammunition and weapons. Because with weapons, KKB often commit terror and pressure community leaders to the government to ask for financial assistance.