Picture : Papuan Armed Criminal Group.
Westnoken.com – The Free Papua Organization, which is trying to separate itself from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, in fighting for its desires, carried out movements that resulted in casualties. The government responded by carrying out an initiative in the form of special autonomy for Papua with a large budget which unfortunately did not reach the wider community. This triggered a massive rebellion from the Papuan Separatist Terrorist Group (KSTP), where one of their actions held hostage a New Zealand citizen, Air Susi Air Pilot Captain Philips Mark Mehrtens, who has not been released since February 2023.
The aim of the Free Papua organization is also the same, namely to liberate Papua from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The Papuan Terrorist Separatist Group is difficult to overcome, because they use complete weapons and use civilians and even children as shields. Several crimes committed by the Papuan Terrorist Separatist Group (KSTP), include attacks on workers, stabbings, shootings, and burning of houses and schools in several areas of Papua.
The government policy that has been in place since last year to abandon the violent approach and take a soft approach should be followed by a more relevant role distribution for government institutions. Humanist operations are not appropriate to be applied against the Papuan Separatist Terrorist Group (KSTP). This was proven by the attack on the TNI by KSTP some time ago.
The “war” regarding the status and situation of Papua does not only occur in the interior of the mountainous forests in the Land of Papua. The discourse war regarding the status and situation of Papua is also online or online on various social media platforms. Interestingly, the counter-propaganda on the issue of West Papuan independence uses a new pattern, including in their efforts to target social media users in cyberspace by distorting the facts that occurred where the Papuan Separatist Terrorist Group (KSTP) played the role of playing victim so that it appeared as if the Separatist Group Papuan Terrorists (KSTP) became victims of violence carried out by the authorities.