DEMAND FOR INDONESIA TO OPEN A DIALOGUE TABLE, AND COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF PAPUA TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

national | miscellaneous | news report Sunday September 01, 2002 08:48 by Collective Editorial Board - The Diary of Online Papua Mouthpiece perssdesk at westpapua dot net West Papua

Colonial Governor of Papua: Jaap Salossa is Responsible for 2 Americans and 1 Indonesian Short Dead

Statement of Gen TPN PB Tithus Murib regarding ambush in Timika, West Papua, 31 Aug 2002

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PRESS STATEMENT:
31 August 2002: Recorded on a Phone Call directly from the Jungles by Our Courier

DEMAND FOR INDONESIA TO OPEN A DIALOGUE TABLE, AND COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF PAPUA TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS WORDS ON 17 AUGUST 2002

Colonial Governor of Papua: Jaap Salossa is Responsible for 2 Americans and 1 Indonesian Short Dead in Timika Today 31 Aug 2002

Gen TPN PB Tithus Murib, via our courier confirmed that the Colonial Governor of Papua, Drs. Jaap P. Salossa, MSi is fully responsible the lives of two Americans and one Indonesian who have been killed today, 31 August 2002. In his ceremonial speech at the 57th anniversary of the unitary Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) on 17 August 2002, he said, "Papua is not a conflict area!", which indicated:
- that he does not care at all about and totally ignore the complexities of problems in his own country;
- that he is one of the agents of and has already been bought up by the colonial power of NKRI in West Papua;
- that he has betrayed his people and his country, and particularly those who died for their independence;

Salossa furthermore claimed West Papua as a "Peace Zone" a term that Operasi Adil Matoa 2002 has been using to eliminate the independence movement. 

"West Papua is not a Peace Zone, it is absolutely a War Zone since 1961, when Trikora was declared in Yogyakarta (Indonesia, 19 December 1961)", says the courier quoting Gen. Murib.

"West Papua does have complexities of problems, be it political, economic, human rights, legal, peace, security, and so on. West Papua has people who were killed, who are suffering and who are being chased day and night," Murib was quoted saying. It has flora and fauna as well as natural resources being exploited massively without any concern at all to the ecology and ecosystem of our heritage.

Furthermore, he claimed, “Freeport MacMoRan, Copper & Gold Inc. is politically, environmentally and legally responsible for problems in West Papua. Freeport was the compensation given to the states for allowing West Papua to be occupied by ndonesia. “Freeport is a bloody political project of the modern world that has sacrificed the livelihood of tribal people in West Papua. Papuan people have something to do with it, if not today, it will be done tomorrow, surely, surely!”Gen. Murib also said, "West Papuan people have been demanding Indonesia to open a dialogue table, but has refused to do so and it has responded with brutal acts, by exploiting, raping, killing and hunting other humans into the jungles. The colonial governor of Papua is not listening to his people’s demand for dialogue, but advocating its bosses’ orders to implement special autonomy by force.”

Jaap Salossa is indeed fully responsible to give answers to the world: “IS NOT WEST PAPUA A CONFLICT TERRITORY?