Tampak aktivis yang tergabung dalam Solidaritas Korban Pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (SKP HAM) Papua melakukan aksi demonstrasi di Abepura, Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Kamis (8/10).

Sejumlah aktivis yang tergabung dalam Solidaritas Korban Pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (SKP HAM) Papua melakukan aksi demonstrasi di Abepura, Jayapura, Provinsi Papua, Kamis (8/10).

Para aktivis ini hendak mendatangi Kantor Majelis Rakyat Papua (MRP) untuk menyuarakan penyelesaian sejumlah kasus dugaan pelanggaran HAM di Papua seperti kasus penembakan di Paniai dan Timika.

Namun, massa aksi yang tergabung dari SKP HAM seperti aktivis Kontras Papua, Bicara Untuk Kebenaran (BUK), PMKRI (Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Katolik Republik Indonesia), Gerakan Mahasiswa Kristen Indonesia (GMKI), Pemuda Katolik, dan perwakilan Dewan Adat Papua terlebih dahulu dihadang aparat Polresta. Tidak hanya dihadang, aparat kepolisian juga menangkap sebagian aktivis ini termasuk beberapa bruder dan frater (calon imam Katolik).

Aksi penghadangan dan penangkapan aktivis oleh aparat kepolisian itu disampaikan Ketua Dewan Adat Paniai sekaligus anggota SKP HAM Papua, John Gobai, seperti dilansisr kepada JPNN.com dari Jayapura, Propinsi Papua, Kamis (8/10) malam.

“Kami belum sempat bergerak ke Kantor MRP (Majelis Rakyat Papua di Jayapura, Papua) keburu dihadang dan ditangkap. Sebagian aktivis juga dipukul oleh aparat kepolisian,” kata John Gobai.

John Gobai menuturkan, rencana demo sebenarnya dimulai pukul 13.00 WIT, dengan titik start dari Padang Bulan, Distrik Abepura, Jayapura yang berada di depan Kantor Pos Abepura dan Gereja Katolik Abepura, Jayapura.

“Kami baru mulai bergerak (orasi dan demo, red) sudah dihadang dan dibubarkan, bahkan ditangkap aparat kepolisian,” kata John.

Menurut John, penangkapan dilakukan oleh aparat Polsek Abepura, didukung aparat Polresta Jayapura.

“Polsek Abepura meminta kami membubarkan diri. Kami jelaskan bahwa sudah mengajukan surat pemberitaan ke Polresta Jayapura. Karena merasa sudah memberitahukansehingga kami tetap ingin melanjutkan aksi. Di sinilah kami dibubarkan,” katanya.

Padahal, menurut John, sempat dilakukan negosiasi. Namun, proses negosiasi belum berakhir, datang aparat Polresta Jayapura sebanyak satu truk dan langsung membubarkan massa aksi.

“Beberapa teman kami ditangkap, termasuk bruder dan frater, kemudian dibawa ke Polsek Abepura,” kata John.

Bahkan, kata John, selain menangkap beberapa aktifis, polisi juga mengambil kamera wartawan yang meliput, selanjutnya meminta untuk menghapus gambar atau foto saat melakukan aksi demonstrasi.

Menurut John, aktifis yang ditangkap akhirnya dilepas setelah melakukan pembicaraan dengan Wakil Kapolresta Jayapura, Komisaris Polisi (Kompol) Albertus Andreana.

John Gobai menegaskan pihaknya bersama elemen aktivis akan terus bersuara untuk menuntut penyelesaian kasus seperti di Paniai dan Timika serta kasus-kasus lainnya di wilayah Papua.

Terpisah, Senator atau Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah RI dari Provinsi Papua Barat, Mervin Sadipun Komber menyesalkan sikap aparat kepolisian di Jayapura yang menangkap para aktifis tersebut. Dia menilai langkah tersebut sebagai upaya untuk membungkam suara masyarakat yang hendak memperjuangkan kebenaran dan mencari keadilan.

“Saya sangat menyesal dengan tindakan aparat kepolisian dengan menangkap aktifis. Ini membuat rakyat Papua terluka,” kata Mervin yang juga mantan Sekjen Pengurus Pusat PMKRI ini.

Foto: jpnn.com

Special analysis and investigation

By Santon Tekege

This piece was originally sent to be published for the International Day of Peace, September 21, however given its length, editing translation has taken several weeks.

Population growth charts of indigenous Papuans vs transmigrants under Indonesian occupation (Illustrative Graph: Awikaituma)

Introduction

I write these words with tears falling down my face. As an indigenous Papuan I feel like I have been expelled from my own land. It’s as if we have been removed far away from the land of Papua, like the land is being purged of all indigenous Papuans. My people have become observers of all the changes that we are being subjected to and of all the games and manoeuvres being played out by the Indonesian Government in Papua. I ask myself what I have done wrong, such that I as one of the owners of this land should have been pushed to the margins in this way. Marginalised and expelled from my own land.

The marginalisation of the indigenous Papuan population is happening not only as a result of the flood of non-Papuans arriving in the land week after week, but also is being contributed to by the low birth rates of indigenous Papuans at this time, whilst there is also an continuous increase in their death rate. The native peoples of the land of Papua are being annihilated intentionally by the Indonesian Government. Annihilated on the soil of their own ancestors.

Marginalisation of the Indigenous Papuan Community through Transmigration.

 The plan of the central Indonesian Government at this time to restart the transmigration program to Papua, is a matter of great concern. Not only for Papuans themselves, but it should also be of great concern for others as in every location where Papuans are being increasingly pushed out to the margins there is a growing risk of conflict at some future date.

As has been previously reported in the national Indonesian media, Marwan Jafar – recently appointed by President Widodo as the Minister for Villages, Transmigration and the Development of Undeveloped Regions – has stated that there would be a new program that would take residents from the overpopulated regions of Java to the still underpopulated region of Papua. Jafar stated that he would carry out a large scale socialisation of the area in stages, and that he’d work closely with the Indonesian military and police to ensure safety for the new transmigrants so they felt safe to make the shift to a transmigration area (see Antara 5 November 2014).

In response, Cypri Jehan Paju Dale, a researcher who since 2012 has been carrying out research into social issues in Papua, has stated that a new transmigration program would worsen the already occurring marginalisation of the indigenous Papuan population. Dale together with an activist Pastor John Djonga in 2011 wrote “The Papuan Paradox”.  He stated that at this time there is a real feeling of dread amongst Papuans. They are anxious as they can already see the reality that the numbers of non-Papuans is continuing to rapidly increase as Non-Papuans quickly become a growing majority of the population in Papua. Those anxieties already are very much present amongst Papuans, so to hear that the Government is going to relocate yet more transmigrants, causes people great concern indeed. They are well aware that this will make the already existing threat even more immediate and increase the level of injustices against indigenous Papuans.

By way of background, the transmigration program has been in operation in Indonesia since the 1950’s when today’s Indonesian was still partly under Dutch control. The program failed continuously throughout the Suharto era. He then went on to be removed as president in 1998. According to Dale’s research the extent of numbers of transmigrants that have been moved to Papua from other islands in the archipelago have changed the demographics of Papua such that in recent years the indigenous Papuan sector of the population has been reduced to below 50 percent of the total population.

As can be seen clearly on the map below, according to 2003 census data the relative proportions of indigenous Papuans and non-Papuans were at that time 52% and 48% respectively, from a total population of 1.9 million. By 2010 census data showed indigenous Papuans having reduced to 49% compared to non-Papuans 51%, from a total population of 2,833,381.

Demographic dispersal in Papua

In some kabupaten (local administration areas) the numbers of non-Papuans are now much higher than the numbers of indigenous Papuans. In Keerom kabupaten for example according to the 2010 census, the total of indigenous persons in the population was only 40.64%. Similarly in the Merauke kabupaten it was only 37.34% indigenous, in Mimika 41.36% , Nabire 39.90%, Sorong 40.03%, Fakfak 41.78% and in Manokwari 49.45%. In the main towns of every kabupaten in both provinces – Papua and West Papua – the non-Papuans now exceed the numbers of indigenous Papuans (refer to the map above for detail).

According to the Writer not only has there been a change in demographics but also an imbalance in economics of the Papuan and non-Papuan sectors of the society. With non-Papuans having taken control of all the economic centres in the main towns and cities, whilst the larger majority of the indigenous population continues to be spread throughout the interior living with very minimal facilities. The benefits of development seen through the Special Autonomy program in Papua have been and continue to be enjoyed primarily by non-Papuans (despite continuous claims that it is indigenous Papuans who are benefiting). This is what Papuans refer to as development that has been ‘snatched by the transmigrants’.  There are very small number of Papuans who are enjoying those fruits of Special Autonomy, but they are a very small group only of the Papuan elite. By far the larger majority of indigenous Papuans are far from being able to access any benefits such as those that are being espoused to the wider public.

A key figure of the Amungme community in Timika kabupaten, Papua Mr Thomas Wanmang, has stated in an interview that his people have experienced many injustices as a result of the large influx of non-Papuans into their area. This includes those who have come through transmigration programs and others who have transmigrated independently of those formal programs. Wanmang claims that the transmigration process at this time is itself what is causing the increasingly serious lack of attention that is being shown by the government towards the indigenous sector of the Papuan population. “As Papuans we are being given nothing whatsoever. What’s happening is that those who have transmigrated here are being spoilt and treated like they are something special.” He stressed that the presence of the transmigrants is creating a sense of jealousy in Papuan circles. “As we as the owners of this land meanwhile can’t go forward.”

The Papuan Provincial Governor Lukas Enembe in an interview with Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura on 5 November 2014 firmly stated his rejection of the plan of Minister Marwan Jafar to reactivate the Transmigration Program.  According to Enembe further transmigration would result in the needs of the indigenous population being increasingly ignored and of them becoming an increasing minority in their own land.  In that interview Enembe admitted that the Papuan population had already become much smaller than the non-Papuan sector.  He went on to say that it wasn’t the Papuan provincial government that had agreed to the new transmigration program but rather the new government of Jokowi. “Indigenous Papuans are now small in number and the government is not able to treat them any better than this. So why would yet more people be tranmigrated from Java? For this reason there is as yet no plan in place (by the Papuan Provincial Government) to bring more transmigrants here.”

The need for serious attention to the situation.

 The invasion of Papua by peoples from other regions of the Indonesian archipelago has increasingly become a mechanism of colonialism, a way of taking control of a region through a policy of systematically populating the area with a new people. A human invasion into Papua which has been accompanied by a ‘securitisation’ of the region by the State which is so very excessive. A securitisation which includes the practice of torture and which controls and oppresses the Papuan people by every political means possible.

An awareness of the potentially negative effects of further transmigration on the indigenous Papuan population were obviously evident to Minister Marwan Jafar as reflected by his statement that the Ministers would work together with the Indonesian military and police to make Papua safe for transmigrants. This is even worse than the colonialism experienced by Papuans during the period when the Dutch held the colonial power in the archipelago. The numbers of the Dutch were largely limited to those on the islands of Nusantara. Whereas at this time Papuans have become a minority in all the major towns and cities throughout Papua.

Many at this time are saying that Indonesian has been extremely effective in colonising Papua. They have ‘achieved’ that by applying policies and practices that have involved major risks. Risks of future problems that are hard to even imagine at this time. It is for this reason that some parties have been lobbying President Jokowi to place a moratorium on transmigration to Papua. However it is very clear that Indonesia needs a continuing mechanism for the ongoing organised invasion of Papua such that the Papuan people become increasingly marginalised and become as if foreigners in their own native land. “There must be constant pressure created by policies towards indigenous Papuans and in particular in the areas of economics, education and health” Jafar explained.

The critical importance of dialogue at this time between Papua and the central government has been stressed by humanitarian organisations, churches, lecturers and university aged students. For so long dialogue has been called for. “Within the forum of dialogue all problems can be spoken of openly, be put on the table for resolution” Pastor John Djonga stated. Proper Dialogue, did not impose any limitations on the framework under discussion, for example final full independence (Merdeka harga mati) or non-negotiable final acceptance of remaining with NKRI.

“At the same time as stressing the importance of bringing an end to the problems of history which are indeed complex (WPM: Demand of “Rectification of History”), dialogue is also considered as one way which can bring about an appropriate solution to the many urgent problems that people are observing each day with their own eyes. Problems including marginalisation of Papuans, being made a minority in their own land, and injustices related to the transfer of a population to the land of Papua” he continued.

Pastor John Djonga has also urged the government to carry out an overall evaluation of the results of the practice of transmigration until this time. He points out one particular effect of the transmigration which has been the lack of regard of the Indonesian government for the ways of the indigenous Papuan community. He writes of the practice of the government which has been to take land from Papuans for giving to transmigrants. He explains that in Papuan culture the land is held communally, whereas the government persists in just approaching a very few people nominated by the tribal head, with the money given for the land is then split between those few only. He stresses “whereas in reality that land is the property of the entire community concerned. This creates the seed of division in a community that until that time was strong and united.”

Pastor Djonga himself acknowledges that it’s impossible to close ones eyes to the imbalance that now exists between the indigenous Papuans and the transmigrants. He points out that the newcomers arrive with high levels of motivation to improve their standard of living and willingness to work hard to do so. What’s more they come already having certain skills, whereas Papuans have an attitude of going along just as normal and they continue with their usual traditional way of life. With the consequence that the gap between the races is progressively widening.”  However he says, the situation as it is in this regard cannot be blamed totally on the work ethic of the Papuans, as “for a long time now Papuans have not been receiving any serious attention from the government.” According to Pastor Djonga the government must not force further transmigration on the Papuan community. “Don’t let it get to the point that the government plants further seeds of problems. The transmigrants will also then be responsible for the consequences.”

Similar views have been expressed by Gunawan Iggeruhi, a 30 year old human rights activist in Papua, who said “it is better that the government listens first to the voices of Papuans before they go ahead and make policies that are totally rejected by the people of Papua.”

According to Iggeruhi, until this time Papuans have appeared on the surface torespond to the arrival of the countless transmigrants like it was nothing extraordinary, “however the reality is that Papuans inside are carrying constant wounds in their hearts over the massive transmigration.

“Wounds that have not been allowed to heal due to the incessant actions of the government against the Papuan people; actions which have become increasingly serious”. Iggeruhi continued, “to stop those wounds continuing to deepen the transmigration needs to stop and truly allow the real life of indigenous Papuans to be planted in this land so that they do not forever feel like they are treated as second class citizens.”

It is now visibly apparent that the proportion of indigenous Papuans is progressively decreasing each month in Papua. This is contributed to by the low birth rates together with the increasing death rates amongst Papuans. This is in comparison to the birth rates of Non-Papuans in the land which are rapidly increasing whilst the death rates of Non-Papuans are at a real minimum. These realities need to be considered together with other factors and in particular that the number of migrants coming to Papua continue to grow and that all towns, cities and in fact every corner of Papua have now been taken over by Non-Papuans. As a result the indigenous Papuan population is now on a path heading towards extinction. It has been estimated that if the current trends continue that indigenous Papuans may be no longer by the year 2040.

The claim that indigenous Papuans will be ‘wiped out’ by the year 2040

 What has the life of indigenous Papuans been like since they became a part of the Republic of Indonesia, and how has that reflected in changing population statistics from prior eras to now? Results of research by Dr. Jim Elmslie & Dr. Camellia Webb Gannon from the University of Sydney’s Peace & Conflict Studies in Australia are very telling. Two years following the 1969 Act of Free Choice in 1971, indigenous Papuans comprised 96% of the population (887,000 out of the total 923,000 population). Whilst the Non-Papuan total at that time was stated as 36,000 (4% of the population). Within 53 years of Papua being part of Indonesia the total of Non-Papuans has reached 53% at 1.956 million, whilst the indigenous Papuan population has decreased to 1.7 million being 47% of the total population.

The data published by Dr Elmslie & Dr Webb-Gannon from Australia has since been re-analysed by a Mr Ir. Yan Awikaitumaa Ukago, M.M in Papua (10 August 2015), who used a method involving the use of non-linear segregation graphics mathematics (refer diagram above). According to Ukago “The growth of the indigenous Papuan population (shown by the red line in the diagram) tended to stagnate over a period of a decade and declined following 2005. Meaning that from 1971 until 2004 the numbers of Indigenous Papuans in Papua were still dominant (shown by the red area). However following that year the numbers of Non-Papuans (shown by the yellow area) became dominant. Reading from the diagram, the red line is the graphic representation of the growth rate of indigenous Papuans, whereas the yellow refers to the growth rate of the Non-Papuan sector of the population. It appears that the total of Non-Papuans at the start in 1971 was very few. However the population of that sector increased until in 2004 it was equal with that of Papuans (when the Papuan sector numbered 1.65 million (50%) and the Non-Papuan sector also numbered 1.65 million (50%). From 2005 onwards the growth rate of Indigenous Papuans tended to fall whilst that of Non-Papuans sharply rose and even more so in the era of Special Autonomy in Papua.”

Based on his segregation analysis (shown by the dotted lines in the diagram above), it is estimated that by the year 2025 the population of indigenous Papuans will have fallen to 1.5 million persons (36%) whilst the Non-Papuan population will have risen to 2.7 million persons (64% of the total population). Furthermore, under such conditions where there is no protection of the race, it is expected that the indigenous Papuans will become extinct by the year 2040. This means that “by 2040 the population in Papua will have reached 6 million but it will not be indigenous Papuans who will own the land” Ukago stated.

The decline in the population of indigenous Papuans was acknowledged by the previous Governor of the Papuan Province, Barnabas Suebu S.H, in his written address at the official appointment of the Merauke Bupati on 8 January 2011. According to then Governor Suebu “Indigenous Papuans are going to continue to decline in number as a consequence particularly of the migration of Non-Papuans, which is in turn the result of the growth of the (Indonesian) population which is the highest in the world (at 5.7%) per annum …. Accordingly the division into new kabupatens must not result in causing indigenous Papuans to become separated from and even forcibly removed from their ancestors’ lands.”

According to a population census carried out in 2010 in the West Papuan Province the number of indigenous Papuans in that province was 760,000, amounting to 51.67% of the total population in the province. That is, the populations of Papuan and non-Papuan in the western province were reported as being roughly equal. The head of the BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik or Indonesia’s Central Statistics Body, which carried out the census) Tanda Siriat stated that BPS applied six criteria in collecting data to determine who was categorised as ‘indigenous Papuans’.

1. Any person with both the mother and father were indigenous Papuans.
2. Any person with a father who was indigenous Papuan but the mother of non-Papuan descent.
3. Any person with a mother who was indigenous Papuan but the father of non-Papuan descent.
4. Any person who was non-ethnic Papuan but through Papuan traditional customary law and as acknowledged by the Papuan community was regarded as an indigenous Papuan.
5. Any person who was non-ethnic Papuan but who had been adopted or was acknowledged through family name as having been adopted into the indigenous Papuan community.
6. Any person who had been living continuously in Papua for more than 25 years.

Jim Elmslie’s “Slow Motion Genocide in Land of Papua”

 Jim Elmslie in his book, “West Papuan Demographic Transition and the 2010 Indonesian Census: “Slow Motion Genocide” or not?” (University of Sydney, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies) states that as at 1971 the indigenous Papuan population was 887,000. Then by 2000 it had risen to 1,505,405, a growth on average of 1.84% per year. Whereas he reports the total of Non-Papuans in 1971 was 36,000 which he claims rose to 708,425 by the year 2000, with an average yearly growth rate of 10.82%.

So that by mid-2010 according to Elmslie, the total of indigenous Papuans had reached 1,730.336 (47.89% of the population) whilst Non-Papuans had that same year reached 1,882,517 (52.10%). By the end of 2010 the respective populations had reached: Indigenous Papuans 1,760,557 (48.73%) and Non-Papuans, 1,852,297 (51.27%), giving the figure he states for the total population in 2010 of 3,612,854 (100%).

Elmslie estimates that by 2020 with these current trends that the overall combined population of Papua will have reached 7,287,463, comprising a forecast total of indigenous Papuans 2,112,681 (28.99% ) and Non-Papuans 5,174,782 (71.01%), indicating a slower population growth rate of indigenous Papuans than of Non-Papuans. In his analysis of the reasons for the difference Elmslie points out that apart from the impact of social factors and human rights violations, the primary cause is the transmigration of population from outside of Papua which is excessive.

The Head of the BPS in the Papuan Province Ir. J.A. Djarot Soetanto, MM has criticised Elmslie’s analysis of the situation when he claims the problem is intentional acts of genocide or the annihilation of indigenous Papuans. According to Soetanto that is untrue. He made a very different conclusion stating that the census data for Papua for the year 2010 pointed to a total combined population of 2,833,381 of which indigenous Papuans were still the majority with 76% as compared to Non-Papuans of only 24%.

It is the opinion of Yan Ukago that if indigenous Papuans were asked which of these two interpretations they believed was correct, that he has no doubt they would agree with the reports of the BPS census in each respective province, the conclusions of Jim Elmslie and the Papuan Governor’s statement as stated above. There’s a number of reasons for this. Firstly that Papuans are now so far removed from trusting the government in Papua which has tended to act in the interests of the central Indonesian government until now. Secondly the death rates of Papuans from babies through to adult ages has continued to rise and that is obvious to people from everyday observation. Thirdly every week Papuans see large number of Non-Papuans arriving from other parts of Indonesia by ocean going boats and planes. And then of course the fact that the history of the integration of Papua into Indonesia is regarded by Papuans as most unjust. Furthermore as Papuans’ human rights have been ignored until now such that they never feel free to live as human beings even on their own ancestors land.

It is the Writer’s observation that the butchery that has occurred against the Papuan community has actually become an intentional agenda of Indonesian government tradition. Those implementing that agenda have had two approaches. The first is overt. This has been carried out through military regional operations, shootings, creating so called local conflict, intentional creation of situations of violence, a range of stigmatism against indigenous Papuans including their alleged stupidity, the use of homebrew alcohol {WPM Eds: strong, often tainted or poisoned alcohol distributed by intelligence and military operatives believed by many Papuans to be a tool of genocide}.

The second is the covert approach of killing, which Papuans refer to as ‘slow motion genocide’. This continues to take place by way of kidnappings, killings, poisoning through food and drink, the intentional introduction of HIV/AIDS into Papua through prostitution, injection needles and tattoos, and HIV infection through {bad sexual health practices through the use of} alcohol. And so the list goes on. The overall impact of both approaches being the dramatic and continual decline of the indigenous Papuan population.

Conclusion

Many calls from the Papuan community are heard constantly as to the steps required to solve the problems of Papua. These are the offers of dialogue between Jakarta and Papua, a referendum and the third, independence for Papua. To dilute the lack of acceptance of the status quo, there have been efforts from the provincial governments and the Central Government to improve the quality of life of Indigenous Papuans.

The Indonesian Government would do well at this time to invite an international census team to independently carry out a census through the entire region of Papua, to verify whether the BPS or alternatively the KPU (General Election Commission) version is reflective of reality. Accurate data from an international source such as this could be just what they need to counter Elmslie’s data and analyses, as this matter has become really a thorn in the side for Indonesia. Elmslie’s data published by Sydney University is perceived as a threat to Indonesia’s sovereignty over Papua. (WPM Editorial note: The Writer is not implying Elmslie’s data is incorrect, rather making the case that the only way for Indonesian to counter this data is through the conduct of a free and unimpeded census by an international team.)

If Indonesia’s butchery is allowed to continue then sooner or later the Land of Papua will be surely have to be released from the Republic of Indonesia as a direct result of the treatment of the indigenous peoples of Papua already being classified as ‘slow motion genocide’. A genocide that has been allowed to happen through the application of a range of approaches by Indonesia that have killed and violated the human rights of the people of the land. As has been seen time and time again in the killings by the Indonesian Armed Forces that have become known locally as ‘Paniai Berdarah’ (‘berdarah’ referring to a flowing of blood), ‘Biak Berdarah’, ‘Wamena Berdarah.’ ‘Timika Berdarah’ and others. These conditions paint a picture of a land that exists at the threshold of extinction.

This means of course that a part of the Melanesian race is drowning in the bosom of Motherland (Indonesian state). If what is happening in Papua is a ‘slow motion genocide’, then surely we will see support come for Papua to be set free, not only from the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but also surely in time from the members of ASEAN and other nations. The Indonesian Government will undoubtedly view that support when it comes as if those nations want to see the land of Papua released by Indonesia to independence; however their efforts are really intended to try and save indigenous Papuans from extinction.

“I dedicate this writing on the International Day of Peace.”

Timika, Papua. 21 September 2015

Brother Santon Tekege is a Pastoral Support Worker in the Diocese of Timika, Papua.  He chooses to publish under his own name, however his safety is monitored 24 hours a day by an international protection network.  (please give at West Papua Media to support our monitoring efforts for writers and journalists at risk in West Papua.)

Duka Nestapa Terulang Di Kota Emas alias Kota Dollar

(Gorong-Gorong Timika Berdarah pada 28 September 2015)

Oleh Santon Tekege

Pengantar

Kehidupan di kota Dollar Timika semakin mencekam. Para aparat keamanan menggunakan alat negara untuk menghabiskan nyawa kehidupan orang asli Papua. Aparat keamanan yang bertugas di kota Dollar ini selalu memakai kesempatan dan dalam ruang yang bisa membidik warganya sampai menembak mati. Seperti yang kita rasakan tadi malam sungguh menyedihkan sekali kelakuan aparat keamanan di Tanah Papua khusus di kota Dollar di Timika.

Sementara Kisah Koperapoka berdarah sebulan lalu belum tuntas secara hukum militer yang terjadi  pada 28 Agustus 2015. Lalu selisih 30 hari kemudian pada 28 September 2015 menjadi kisah berikutnya yaitu “Gorong-Gorong Timika Berdarah”.

Saya mendengar bahwa kisah penembakan di Gorong-Gorong menjadi duka mendalam. Langsung kota Timika menjadi kota mencekam oleh karena pendekatan aparat keamanan yang sangat kekanak-kanakan itu. Justru karena kekanakan oleh aparat keamanan itu sehingga aparat keamanan melakukan tindakan sewenang-wenang tanpa alasan menembak mati seorang pelajar, dan mengalami luka-luka tembak terhadap kawan-kawan dari si korban mati tempat itu, dan mengalami luka-luka tembakan pada beberapa warga di Gorong-Gorong Timika Papua pada 28 September 2015.

Ini kronologis versi Keluarga Korban dan Masyarakat Gorong-Gorong Berdarah

a.      Penembakan Tahap Pertama

Seperti biasanya masyarakat selalu jalan-jalan mengirup udara kota alias mencari angin segar. Para korban pun pergi jalan-jalan ke Gorong-Gorong dalam keadaan normal atau tanpa minum mabuk atau kasar terhadap siapa pun yang berada di sekitar Gorong-Gorong.

Demikian pun para korban dari rumahnya keluar jalan-jalan di Gorong-Gorong pada 28 September 2015, jam 19.00 (jam 7 malam) waktu Papua. Kemudian korban diperhadapkan secara tiba-tiba oleh aparat kepolisian.

Ceritera dari saksi (tidak mau disebutkan namanya) bahwa “sebelumnya seorang anggota kepolisian datang dan masuk di rumah salah satu keluarga di samping anak-anak muda itu berada di letak di bawa tower Telkomsel di Gorong-Gorong. Tetapi anak-anak muda itu, mereka duduk-duduk tanpa melakukan kegiatan apa pun. Kemudian polisi itu keluar dari rumah dan menelpon rekan-rekan kepolisian. Beberapa menit kemudian, muncul satu (1) truk kepolisian dan dalam mobil truk itu banyak kepolisian, dua (2) mobil kepolisian, dan puluhan motor kepolisian datang di tempat itu. Akhirnya polisi (pelaku penembakan adalah Praka N, dari Polda Papua yang bertugas Polsek Mimika Baru) berhasil tembak Kalep Bagau (korban tewas), dan kawan-kawannya. Catatan pentingnya bahwa para korban ini tidak berbuat gerakan apa-apa dan tidak ada minum mabuk. Namun entah mengapa? Polisi langsung datang di tempat itu dan menembak mati seorang pelajar dan kawan-kawan lainnya yang duduk bersama di tempat kejadian itu.”

 Para saksi itu menceriterakan bahwa aparat kepolisian berhasil menangkap Kaleb Bagau. Dan langsung ditembak mati. Ketika ditanya para saksi mata, mengapa polisi berhasil menangkap dan menembak mati Kaleb Bagau, dan menembak kawan-kawan lainnya? Jawabnya “Aparat keamanan menembak mati Kaleb Bagau tanpa alasan apa pun”. Sementara teman-teman lainnya yang kena tembakan peluru tajam, luka ringan dan berat dan lari menghilang menerobos aparat kepolisian yang banyak itu.

Kemudian para saksi mengaku bahwa “setelah menembak mati Kaleb Bagau, langsung aparat kepolisian mengangkat dan dibuang seperti binatang di got/parit di sekitar areal Gorong-Gorong Timika.

Para saksi mata mengatakan bahwa “sungguh sadis kelakuan aparat keamanan. Aparat kepolisian tidak kalah lagi, langsung arahkan moncong senjata di masyarakat sekitarnya.” Kemudian lanjutnya bahwa “arah senjata alias tembakan itu tidak melenceng atau bukan uji coba atau bukan sebagai peringatan tetapi langsung kepada pihak korban.”

Dalam kasus kejadian pertama ini menewaskan seorang Pelajar SMK PETRA Timika dan seorang anak pelajar SMK Petra mengalami luka berat serta beberapa orang lainnya mengalami luka-luka berat dan ringan. Nama-nama korbannya sebagai berikut:

1.      Kaleb Bagau (18) kena tembakan di bagian tubuh di dada dan mati tempat. Dia adalah pelajar SMK Petra Timika.

2.      Elfando Sabarofek (15) kena tembakan di dada bagian kiri dan paha kanan. Dia adalah pelajar SMK Petra Timika kelas II.

3.      Yanto (20) (asal Biak) kena tembakan di kaki

4.      Bastian (19) (asal biak) kena tembakan di dada

5.      Billy Yoku (20) pukulan babak belur pakai moncong senjata dan luka-luka berat

b.      Penembakan Tahap Kedua

Ketika mendengar berita penembakan tewas seorang pelajar, masyarakat yang ada di sekitar Gorong-Gorong langsung mengaduh ke pos kepolisian pada jam 20.00 (jam 8.00 malam). Masyarakat tidak menerima sikap kepolisian yang menewaskan seorang pelajar dan menembak beberapa pelajar sekolah di atas itu. Maka itu, masyarakat memblokade di areal Gorong-gorong.

Kemudian masyarakat dan pihak kepolisian aduh mulut. Masyarakat membakar areal gorong-gorong karena tidak menerima sikap aparat kepolisian dan marah kepada pihak kepolisian. Masyarakat juga membakar kios dan beberapa rumah warga di sekitar areal itu. Juga membakar pos kepolisian brimob di areal gorong-gorong itu. Bahkan masyarakat meminta pihak kepolisian harus bertanggungjawab atas korban Gorong-Gorong Berdarah itu.

Namun pihak aparat kepolisian tidak menerima sikap masyarakat itu dan langsung mengeluarkan peluru tajam ke arah masyarakat. Sebenarnya pihak aparat keamanan mempertimbangkan apa dampak dari penembakan itu tetapi aparat kepolisian langsung menembak dengan senjata tajam ke masyarakat yang ada di sekitar Gorong-Gorong Timika. Akibat dari itu, beberapa masyarakat mengalami luka ringan dan berat. Berikut adalah nama-nama korban penembakan aparat kepolisian itu:

1.      Dewina Selegani (18) kena tembakan di tangan kanan (masyarakat sipil)

2.      Hebel Jagani (24) kena tembakan di lutut (masyarakat sipil)

3.      Koni Bagau (28) kena tembakan di pinggang (masyarakat sipil)

Keesokan harinya pada 29 September 2015, keluarga korban, masyarakat sekitar kota, dan Kelompok KNPB mengarak Korban Jenazah di seluruh kota Timika. Mereka konfoi dan mengarak-arakan sambil menangis dan kesedihan yang mendalam atas tertembaknya beberapa anak pelajar SMK Petra. Mereka mengarak jalan dari rumah pusat KNPB Timika menuju Polres Timika untuk menyerahkan korban penembakan itu. Tetapi di pertengahan jalan di pekuburan areal ujung lapangan terbang Moses Kilanggin di hadang gabungan Polisi dan Brimob. Gabungan polisi dan Brimob hampir membubarkan massa dengan sikap kebrutalan tetapi melalui kesepakatan secara damai, berhasil hadang ratusan masyarakat bersama kelompok KNPB itu. Karena gabungan Polisi dan Brimob hadang jalan itu sehingga masyarakat bersama kelompok KNPB kembali ke pusat KNPB. Jenazah korban penembakan Kaleb Bagau (18) disembayamkan di markas KNPB Timika. Keluarga korban bersama masyarakat dan kelompok KNPB sepakat dan merencanakan pemakaman akan dilaksanakan pada, 30 September 2015 di SP 3.

c.       Sikap Keluarga Korban

Keluarga korban Ayahnya Kaleb Bagau, bapak Pdt Daniel Bagau, mengatakan bahwa kami merasa kehilangan anak kami. Kami juga menangis kepada negara yang menghabiskan nyawa anak kami. Kami minta maaf kepada pihak aparat keamanan pihak kepolisian yang melakukan tindakan kanak-kanakan itu.

Tetapi kami keluarga korban melihat bahwa kasus ini murni pelanggaran HAM. Maka itu, negara harus bertanggungjawab. Para pelaku penembakan dalam hal ini pihak aparat kepolisian harus diadili dan dihukum mati. Masalah ini bukan masalah antara keluarga pihak korban dan kepolisian tetapi masalah ini menjadi masalah Papua, menjadi masalah pelanggaran HAM dan menjadi masalah negara. Oleh karena itu, keluarga meminta bahwa negara Indonesia harus bertanggung jawab atas korban penembakan ini.

Penutup

Kasus penembakan “Koperapoka Berdarah Berdarah pada 28 Agustus 2015” belum selesai menurut hukum militer, terjadi lagi kasus penembakan “Gorong-Gorong Berdarah pada 28 September 2015”. Selisih antara 30 hari saja dengan kasus Koperapoka Berdarah.

Penembakan demi penembakan terus terjadi di seluruh pelosok tanah air di Tanah Papua. bagian dari pengalihan kasus penembakan itu, pastilah dikabupaten lain atau di daerah lain akan terjadi lagi kasus penembakan atau kasus perang suku atau kasus tabrakan, dan lainnya. Orang Papua sungguh merasakan bagaimana pengalihan kasus pelanggaran HAM ke masalah lain seperti yang terjadi selama ini.

Makanya itu, negara Indonesia harus membidik para pelaku penembakan terhadap rakyat Papua. Bahkan kami menyeruhkan kepada lembaga-lembaga Internasional agar mendesak negara Indonesia supaya menarik aparat keamanan dari tanah Papua. Bahkan Lembaga-lembaga Internasional harus menindak tegas terhadap Genocide yang terjadi di tanah Papua.

Timika, 29 September 2015

Penulis: Petugas Pastoral Keuskupan Timika-Papua

The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Archipelago | Mon, September 14 2015, 3:12 PM -

Nine hundred and fifty personnel from the Army’s Diponegoro Regional Military IV Command (Kodam) overseeing Central Java and Yogyakarta were deployed to Papua on Saturday to patrol the border area between Indonesia’s easternmost province and neighboring Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The personnel left Semarang’s Tanjung Emas Port in war ships KRI Teluk Cendrawasih and KRI Teluk Teratai, with Kodam chief Maj. Gen. Jaswandi and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo overseeing their departure.

Jaswandi said they would later be stationed along the 760-kilometer-long land border between Indonesia and PNG. “This [deployment] is a routine [assignment]. Among our main duties are to protect border crossers and to prevent illegal logging practices. Those are noble duties for the soldiers,” he said.

Menteri Desa, Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal dan Transmigrasi, Marwan Jafar mengulangi lagi sikap “kepala batunya” yang menentang pernyataan Presiden Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Alih-alih mendukung pernyataan Jokowi yang ingin menghentikan program transmigrasi di Papua yang kontroversial, Menteri Marwan malah menyatakan akan memperluas program transmigrasi di Papua.

Menteri Marwan dalam dalam wawancaranya di Jakarta, pekan ini, mengatakan program mengirimkan masyarakat miskin dari tempat yang padat ke tempat yang minim penduduk – yang dibekali juga dengan uang dan diberikan tanah – telah terbukti “sukses” di Merauke.

“Merauke dapat dianggap sebagai wilayah perbatasan yang telah berhasil dalam melaksanakan program transmigrasi dan pengembangan lahan pertanian di kawasan timur Indonesia,” kata Marwan kepada wartawan di Jakarta, seperti dikutip Jakarta Globe.

Marwan menambahkan Merauke adalah “surga bagi transmigran,”. Ia memperkirakan 275.000 orang telah pindah ke Merauke sejak aneksasi Indonesia atas Papua Barat pada tahun 1969.

Jumlah pendatang ini disebut-sebut sering merugikan penduduk asli. Pendatang ini dituduh mengabaikan perasaan, kebiasaan dan tradisi masyarakat asli, menghancurkan lingkungan, dan merampas peluang ekonomi penduduk asli.

Jokowi, dalam pertemuan dengan tokoh masyarakat terkemuka di Jakarta, Kamis (10/9/2015), mengumumkan kembali bahwa pemerintahannya akan mengakhiri program transmigrasi ke Papua.

“Pemerintah akan menghentikan transmigrasi ke Papua karena telah menyebabkan terlalu banyak kecemburuan sosial,” katanya dalam sebuah pernyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh juru bicara Presiden, Teten Masduki.

Presiden, tambah Teten, telah meminta Gubernur Papua untuk menghentikan program transmigrasi ini.

Menteri Marwan, tampaknya tidak mendengarkan pernyataan Jokowi ini. Ia mengatakan bahwa program transmigrasi akan menggenjot produksi sekligus mendukung rencana pemerintah untuk mengembangkan 1,2 juta hektar sawah di Merauke, di bawah proyek Merauke Integrated Rice Estate (MIRE).

“Jika program ini berhasil, akan ada banyak pembangunan yang akan mengubah wajah daerah ini,” katanya yakin. (Jubi, edisi 10 September 2015)

Prime Minister Salomon, Manasseh Sogavare 

Portmoresby - Solomon Islands is determined to keep West Papua on the regional and global agenda in the next few years because of the struggles of the people for self-determination and gross violation of human rights abuses’ in the Indonesian province.

Since the admission of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) as an observer to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare appointed a Special Envoy on West Papua to highlight the situation in West Papua.

Member of Parliament, Matthew Wale is in Port Moresby this week to reach out to Pacific Leaders and remind them of their moral responsibility towards the sufferings of the more than 10 million West Papuans in Indonesia.

Reiterating the position of Solomon Islands, Wale said ‘with or without the support of the Pacific Islands Forum, his government will sponsor a resolution at the United Nations calling on the Secretary General to mandate a High Commissioner to assess the human rights situation in West Papua.

“We are also supporting the application by ULMWP to become an observer at the Pacific Islands Forum. We are also calling on the United Nations Decolonisation Committee to reinscribe West Papua to the list of decolonised states, Wale told journalists in Port Moresby. 

Here in Port Moresby, the Solomon Islands delegation has met many member countries of the Forum to outline their plans on pushing the struggles for self-determination of Melanesians in the Indonesian provinces.

“We are hopeful that Forum Leaders will agree to our three proposals. Our sense of speaking to almost all voting members of the Pacific Islands Forum is that Leaders feel the moral burden to deal with this matter and that they must do something.

“We hope Pacific Leaders will rise to the challenge and make the right decision, said Wale.

He said Indonesian sovereignty over West Papua has been grossly abused and indigenous peoples have suffered at the hands of the military and government.

Wale criticised Indonesia for claiming ‘irrelevancy’ to discussion by Leaders of the West Papua issue.

“It is very relevant because West Papuans are Melanesians and they are part of the Pacific – how can they not be relevant? asked Wale.

In response to claims by Indonesia’s vice minister for foreign affairs that human rights abuses are dealt with by the Human Rights Commission, the Solomon Islands Special Envoy said decisions of the Commission have been largely ignored by the government because violations continue to be on the rise.  

“Indonesia needs to take seriously the violations and bring to justice perpetrators. Their word cannot be the last and does not carry credibility with the international community and certainly not here with the Pacific Islands Forum,

Funds permitting, Solomon Island plans to hold a major conference for civil society organisations and government stakeholders in November or early next year for supporters of West Papuan struggles for self-determination.

The conference will draw out an action plan on what needs to be done, especially in the Committee of 24 (C24) process at the United Nations.

“Subject to the human rights assessment, we will then determine if some legal cases needed to be taken up, Wale told journalists.  

Solomon Islands is ready to sponsor a resolution at the United Nations, and Wale is urging member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum to support the resolution.  

“We also expect member countries to make strong statements on West Papua at the United Nations, said Wale.

The Solomon Islands Special Envoy was appointed after the MSG meeting in Honiara in June this year.

Martinus Imapuka, Salah satu korban,Penembakan Oknum TNI, Timika Berdarah  masih Rawat RSUD  Timika   (28/08/2015) : Foto (Dok.KM)

TIMIKA, (KM)-- Untuk  menyikapi Timika berdarah pada 28 Agustus 2015, kemarin Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) menewaskan Pemudah gereja  katolik  2 orang mati di tempat, dan 4 orang masih rawat di RSUD.   

Komite Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB) wilayah Timika mediasi Rakyat Papua barat besok akan turun jalan menggelar demo damai, menuntut Pemerintah Presiden Segera bertanggung Jawab dan Tarik Militer dari Seluruh Tanah Papua.

Hal ini disampaikan melalui selebaran di terima pada media onlinewww.kabarmapegaa.com, pada hari Rabu (02/09/2015). Sekertaris Umum KNPB, Sem Ukago, menjelaskan  besok kami akan turun jalan aksi damai mengikapi  Timika berdarah dan Papua Pada umumnya.

Kata Ukago,  Presiden Indonesia Joko Widodo dan Gubernur Propinsi Papua tuntaskan pelanggaran Ham Papua, segera tarik militer organik dan organik dari seluruh Papua. Keberadaan militer berlebihan di papua membuat “Papua zona darurat militer,"Tuturnya.

Lanjut Ukago, “Negara bertanggung Jawab semua kasus pelanggaran HAM dan Tarik Militer dari Seluruh Tanah Papua. Karena mereka membunuh rakyat sipil papua berlebihan, “Tegasnya.

“Aksi damai tersebut, akan dilakukan besok pada kamis 03 September 2015, tempat pusat aksi depan Gereja Tiga Raja Timika. Semua masa aksi wajib pakai baju hitam,”isi seruannya.