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Papuan village says police burnt down house

Radio New Zealand International - October 24, 2017

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Community leaders said, last Saturday, police came to the village and set fire to the house, which was destroyed, along with livestock.

The leaders, Tambua Wakerkwa and Yulianus Tabuni, said their people were now living in fear.

They have called upon the Indonesian president Joko Widodo to command the military to stop harassing them.

The leaders claim the incident was sparked by the shooting of a car belonging to the PT Freeport mining company. But they said none of their people were involved in the shooting.

Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/342260/papuan-village-says-police-burnt-down-house.

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