Mulait, and Naliana Wijangge. They were arrested by the police on 30-31
August 2019 and also experienced limited access to their legal representatives.
91. Regarding the violence conducted by the Civilian Armed Groups (Kelompok
Sipil Bersenjata/KSB), Komnas HAM takes note of the number of violence
committed by KSB since 2020, which targeted civilians and security forces.
Some of them are a) the shooting of a Freeport Company bus convoy group
while traveling from Tembagapura to Timika by KSB members led by Joni
Botak on 13 January 2020; b) the hostage-taking of 3 (three) teachers in
Aroanop on 15 February 2020; c) shooting at Tembagapura Police
Headquarters on 2 March 2020; d) the KSB attacked the military post in Kisor,
South Aifat District, in Maybrat Regency on 2 September 2021 which was
resulted in the death of 4 (four) military officers; e) shooting of construction,
road, and bridge workers in Majnic Village, West Moskona District, Bintuni
Regency on 22 September 2022 by TPNPB-OPM, resulted in 4 of 14 workers
died; f) A series of violence by KSB also occurred on 16 July 2022 in
Nogolait Village, Nduga Regency, against civilians which resulted in 10
people dying and 2 others being injured; g) In October 2023, KSB attacked 5
(five) medical officers in Amuma District, Yakuhimo Regency. h) In August
2023, in Jayawijaya Regency, a woman activist was killed by KSB.
92. The most recent serious attack by the Civilians Armed Group was done by
TPNPB who took hostage Captain Philip Mehrthen, a New Zealand citizen
who worked as a pilot in the Papua region on 7 February 2023. The victim has
not been found until today.
93. Revision of Special Autonomy under Law No. 2 Year 2021 has not yet
brought significant improvement for the Papuans. Komnas HAM is of the
view that the planning and implementation of the Special Autonomy Policy II
was inadequate in terms of public participation. Therefore, the Government of
Indonesia should strengthen the inclusive participation of the Papuan People
Assembly (Majelis Rakyat Papua/MRP) as a representative of the Papuans which consists of representation of the Papuan ethnics, the churches, and
women, in the planning and implementation of the Special Autonomy and the
development of the new special autonomy region (Daerah Otonomi Baru).
94. Komnas HAM monitoring found that voter data collection and guarantees for
citizens to exercise their right to vote in elections in Papua are still inadequate.
One of the conditions is the lack of access to e-KTP, which could hinder the
local population's participation in the 2024 elections because e-KTP is a
requirement for voting. The Central Government and local government need
to take proactive and inclusive election data collection policy by looking at the
specific situation and geographical conditions in Papua to ensure citizen
participation in the 2024 elections.