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15724
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 10:22
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US CONGRESS NO INFLUENCE TO RI IN TAKING ACTION AGAINST OPM
Makassar, S Sulawesi, Aug 13 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will always stick to its stand to take firm measures against two symphatizers of the outlawed separatist OPM (Free Papua Organization) despite the US Congress' request for their immediate and unconditional release.
"How many US Congressmen have expressed support for and concern about (the OPM symphatizers). But the matter is not something unusual. We will always push through the legal process and each country must respect other nation's legal process in the current era of democratic transparency, which is free from other government's influence or intervention," Foreign Minister Hasan Wirajuda said here on Tuesday.
The minister said the US government has reiterated its support for Indonesia's integrity. Only a few US Congressmen have expressed support for and concern about the OPM sympathizers.
On July 29, 40 US Congressmen sent a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage who were sentenced to 15 years and 10 years in jail respectively in May 2005 for hoisting the OPM's "Bintang Kejora" (Morning Star) flag in Abepura, Papua, on December 1, 2004.
"How many US Congressmen have expressed support for and concern about (the OPM symphatizers). But the matter is not something unusual. We will always push through the legal process and each country must respect other nation's legal process in the current era of democratic transparency, which is free from other government's influence or intervention," Foreign Minister Hasan Wirajuda said here on Tuesday.
The minister said the US government has reiterated its support for Indonesia's integrity. Only a few US Congressmen have expressed support for and concern about the OPM sympathizers.
On July 29, 40 US Congressmen sent a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage who were sentenced to 15 years and 10 years in jail respectively in May 2005 for hoisting the OPM's "Bintang Kejora" (Morning Star) flag in Abepura, Papua, on December 1, 2004.
