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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 19:14
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HOUSE SPEAKER URGES POLICE TO PROBE PAPUA SHOOTINGS IMMEDIATELY
Jakarta, July 13 (ANTARA)- House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has urged the police to immediately deal with the shooting incidents which killed a PT Freeport employee and a policeman in Papua in order to reveal the motive of the murders.
"The DPR asks the local security authorities to thoroughly investigate the shooting incidents," Agung Laksono told the press here on Monday.
He also urged the police to investigate the motive of the gunmen , whether it was purely a crime or there was a political motive. The results of the investigations must be made public, he said.
Laksono also hoped that the police could soon arrest the culprits and bring them to justice so that the bloody incidents would not hurt the country's investment climate.
"These incidents must not be ignored because they could affect the investment climate in Indonesia," he said.
He also hoped that the incidents could become a lesson for those wishing to invest in Papua to really study various aspects there, including the local culture and environmental preservation, so that the balance could be protected.
In response to a press question whether it would be necessary to deploy more security personnel in Papua, the country's eastern most province, he said he believed that for now, the number of security officers in the province was adequate. However, all would depend on possible escalation of the incidents there, he said.
Since Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, had been murdered in Papua.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown people at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). Drew Grant was shot in the chest and neck.
On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport.
On Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua Province, after reportedly missing earlier.***
"The DPR asks the local security authorities to thoroughly investigate the shooting incidents," Agung Laksono told the press here on Monday.
He also urged the police to investigate the motive of the gunmen , whether it was purely a crime or there was a political motive. The results of the investigations must be made public, he said.
Laksono also hoped that the police could soon arrest the culprits and bring them to justice so that the bloody incidents would not hurt the country's investment climate.
"These incidents must not be ignored because they could affect the investment climate in Indonesia," he said.
He also hoped that the incidents could become a lesson for those wishing to invest in Papua to really study various aspects there, including the local culture and environmental preservation, so that the balance could be protected.
In response to a press question whether it would be necessary to deploy more security personnel in Papua, the country's eastern most province, he said he believed that for now, the number of security officers in the province was adequate. However, all would depend on possible escalation of the incidents there, he said.
Since Saturday (July 11), three persons, including one worker of US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, had been murdered in Papua.
Drew Nicholas Grant, an Australian national who worked for PT Freeport, was shot dead by unknown people at Mile-53 on Saturday (July 11). Drew Grant was shot in the chest and neck.
On Sunday (July 12), there were two armed attacks respectively at Mile 51 and Mile 2, which killed Markus Rante Allo, a security guard of PT Freeport.
On Monday (July 13), Brigadier I Marson, a Papua police officer, was found dead at mile 52 road connecting Timika and Tembagapura, Mimika District, Papua Province, after reportedly missing earlier.***
