1) MSG Summit in doubt?

2) Armed Group in Yapen is not Goliath Tabuni’s Networking

3) Indonesia and the Netherlands strengthen defense cooperation

4) 'Boat Diplomacy' May Worsen Indonesia-Australia Relation

5) Jayawijaya Residents Threaten to Boycott Election, Occupy KPU Papua Office

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1) MSG Summit in doubt?

EXCLUSIVE STORY FROM SAMISONI PARETI  NEWS THU 06 FEB 2014

Suva, FIJI – NO dates have been set yet on when leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group will meet to discuss the thorny issue of West Papua.

Islands Business magazine’s Letter from Suva is reporting that Fiji has objected to Vanuatu’s hosting of the proposed special MSG Leaders’ Summit.

“Initial dates of February 10 to 15 were deemed untenable by some Melanesian leaders,” said the Letter from Suva column, which is penned by Islands Business’ editor-in-chief Laisa Taga.

“In addition, Fiji reportedly had objected to the hosting of the summit by Vanuatu. Protocol it argued dictates that the current chair of the MSG should play host, and since the FLNKS hierarchy has indicated it was not ready to do so, they had approached Fiji to be the host instead.”

Fiji’s claim to host the special summit is being disputed however by some other MSG members.

The magazine is also reporting that the special summit is strictly for full members of the MSG only. No observer representatives will be invited. Pro-independence movement in West Papua, the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) is an observer with the MSG, as is the government of Indonesia which treats West Papua as one of its provinces and names it Irian Jaya.

FLNKS leader Victor Tutogo is the current chair of the MSG and he had called the special meeting to discuss the outcome of an MSG fact-finding mission to West Papua last month. Vanuatu had objected to the agenda of the mission, complaining that its objective had been hijacked by Indonesia.

Instead of it being to investigate the application of the WPNCL to become a full member of the MSG, Vanuatu claimed the fact-finding mission led by Fiji’s Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola had been changed to look more into trade and economic ties with the Asian nation.

When Fiji chaired the MSG in 2012, Indonesia was admitted as an observer member of the MSG.

There are claims that if the MSG is not careful, Indonesia could dominate its agenda because it has the clout and money to do so.

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2) Armed Group in Yapen is not Goliath Tabuni’s Networking

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Jayapura, 5/2 (Jubi) –  An armed group involved in military exercises on Yapen Islands Papua was not part of the Puncak jaya-based Goliath Tabuni network, Papua police chief Tito Karnavian said.

“The two groups are not related at all. Goliath Tabuny only have a network of two groups, namely Leka Telenggen in Puncak Jaya District and Tenny Kwalik in Mimika District,” he told reporters at the Papua Police Headquarters, Kota Jayapura, on Tuesday (4/2).

The armed group on Yapen Islands has been reliant on three persons: Rudi Orari, Fernando Worabai and Erik Makatori.

“The regeneration system in this group is not strong because it relies on the three leaders. If they were arrested, this group would be disbanded,” he said.

Tito also said there are two major groups in addition of the groups in Puncak Jaya and Yapen Islands. The first group is led by Puron Okino Wenda, who has a network in the district of Lanny Jaya and Tolikara while the second is led by Hans Ricard Weni, who operates in Depapre, Jayapura District.

“Lanny Jaya group is led by Eni Wanimbo. They are those who attacked the Pirime Police Station on 27 November 2012,” he said.

Tito also said he had urged the indigenous figures of Puncak Jaya including the Chairman of People’s Representative Council of Papua Province, Deerd Tabuni and the Governor of Papua Province, Lukas Enembe, to immediately facilitate a dialogue with the armed group leaders in that area.

“We are still adopting a persuasive approach to addressing security issues in Puncak Jaya. If these figures say dialogue efforts fail, we will recommend that law enforcement  be carried out immediately,” he said.

The police have already had a wanted list of armed group leaders.

“We know Goliath is in Kampung Tinggineri, but he’s just hiding among women and children so it’s difficult for us to arrest him. There is always high risk in search operations because an exchange of gunfire between the police and this group can happen,” he said.

So far the police have sent 75 additional personnel to secure the area of Puncak Jaya during the legislative elections.

“Forty-five personnel come from the Papua Police and the rest are from the Indonesian Police Headquarters,” he said.

Four people are accused as a suspect.

Meanwhile, four of 10 people arrested during a gunfight between an armed group and the Indonesian Army-Police in Sasawan area, Yapen Island, Papua, on the Saturday morning (1/2) have been named suspects.

“All four who have been named  as suspects  are SYW (48), JYK (28), KW (50) and RB (30). They will be charged under Emergency Law No. 12 Year of 1951 on the Ownership of Illegal Weapons,” Senior Commissioner Pudjo Sulistyo Hartono, the Head of Public Relations Department at the Papua police, said on Wednesday (5/2). ((Jubi/Indrayadi TH/rom)

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3) Indonesia and the Netherlands strengthen defense cooperation