Appreciation for the Quick Action of the Security Forces in Arresting KST Papua in Dekai

Very high appreciation should be given to the efforts and also the quick steps taken by the security forces from the joint personnel who responded to reports from residents so that they immediately succeeded in carrying out a sweep by arresting members of the Papuan KST in Dekai who had carried out their criminal actions.

The Joint Team consisting of members of the Cartenz Peaceful Operations Task Force and also the Yahukimo Resort Police (Polres) in Yahukimo District, Papua Mountains Province managed to arrest as many as 3 (three) members of the Separatist and Terrorist Group (KST) along with 1 ( one) an improvised firearm (gun) that they carried and was strongly suspected of being used in their various actions.

Regarding this matter, the Head of the Damai Cartenz Task Force (Kasatgas), Police Commissioner (Kombes Pol) Faizal Rahmadani in his written statement stated that the arrest was made on Friday 12 August 2023 when joint personnel carried out a raid after reports of shootings against civilians in the political complex. Social Street in Dekai.

It is known that the separatist group in Bumi Cenderawasih held the gun and shot at Syaiful Ewa (SE), a 44-year-old civilian. However, with the success of the quick and responsive steps taken by the security forces, the victim managed to save himself.

With the reports made by these residents, the joint team immediately responded very quickly and as soon as possible carried out raids in the area and a number of points in Dekai. Furthermore, from the raid that was held, the security forces immediately arrested the three members of the KST Papua area of ​​Yahukimo along with one homemade firearm and other evidence in the form of a sharp weapon.

For information, the three members of the separatist gang who were arrested were AN, who is 14 years old and still has the status of a student, then there are also two others, namely LK and WK, who are 20 years old. It is very sad to know that these youths are actively involved in the KST Papua agenda and they are even members of groups that are against the state.

The latest development is that currently the three Papuan KST members have been secured at the Yahukimo Resort Police Headquarters (Mapolres) in Dekai. Meanwhile, the Head of the Public Relations Division of the Papua Regional Police (Kabid Humas Polda), Kombes Ignatius Benny Prabowo separately added that the situation and conditions regarding security and public order in Dekai and its surroundings after the arrests were now safe and under control.

Furthermore, the security forces also appealed to all people, especially in Bumi Cenderawasih, not to be easily provoked and to always participate and play an active role in maintaining security in their respective areas.

For information, the chronology of the incident began when the perpetrators intended to shoot a civilian with the initials SE, in the Dekai District. However, this attempt was unsuccessful because the homemade firearms used by the perpetrators failed to fire.

So, when he learned that he was the target of KST Papua targets whose firearms failed to fire, then SE managed to survive by entering the house and the perpetrators immediately ran away. Quickly, the victim then immediately contacted the Yahukimo Police and security forces immediately moved to conduct a sweep of the location.

Of course the security forces are very strongly committed to being able to create a safe and peaceful situation for the indigenous Papuan people (OAP) in the region. Because previously on July 31 2023, there was also an attack on the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) post by KST Papua.

At that time, still in the Yahukimo area, the security forces also immediately moved very quickly to carry out a sweep and succeeded in arresting AS who was suspected of being part of the perpetrators of the attack on the Brimob post, from which the security forces also immediately raided the headquarters of the separatist gang. That.

During the raid carried out by the security forces, the joint personnel managed to secure as many as 6 (six) homemade firearms. Even in this effort there was a shootout that killed 2 (two) Papuan KST members, but one member of the Cartenz Peace Task Force was also injured due to a gunshot wound.

The success of the arrests carried out by security forces from the ranks of joint personnel to crack down on KST Papua in Dekai deserves a very high appreciation, because of how fast they moved in responding or responding to reports from the public so that security and order (kamtibmas) in the area now back to normal.