An unpleasant news came from Surabaya a few days ago. The problem is (allegedly) racist problems. Again racist. Since then, the #ayabukanmasters has become trending on social media. But what happened instead? The chaos in Surabaya even had long tails, sparking riots in several areas such as Manokwari, Jayapura, Fak-Fak and other areas in the country. In fact, some of the actions began to touch on the 1962 New York agreement between Indonesia, the Netherlands and the people of Papua. Old wounds began to be scraped back.
This incident can be likened to an advancing snow ball and ready to hit anything, not only security in the Papua region but also the unity of Indonesia as a whole. The issue of Papua is indeed a very sensitive. Not only at this time but since the beginning of independence it has been very sensitive. It would be better if we were more careful to respond to it and not be an empty allegation anyway, if there might be elements – individuals who took part in this riot.
One way it could be is to spread hoax news to ignite the emotions of various parties. Moreover, the issue circulating is an issue that is very capable of igniting the emotions of both parties, namely racist issues and destruction of the red and white flag, both of which are still unclear which is the original news. Do not let things that are basically already worse become worse because of hoax news. For this reason, to maintain the stability of national security, we must be clever in selecting the news that we will receive. Cooperation between the government and the community is also needed in order to maintain national unity and development can run smoothly anywhere, including in Papua.