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Report does not blame OPM for Freeport attacks
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - March 13, 2010
In fact, all the report does is give a number of possible scenarios.
Joe Collins of AWPA said the most telling point in the report is the statement, "that more than six months after the shootings began, and with some good investigators on the scene, there are no conclusive answers".
From the report:
"It is not clear who is responsible or whether one or multiple parties have been involved. There are four possibilities, however: Kelly Kwalik's OPM forces (Kelly himself was killed in a police raid on 16 December 2009); men acting on the orders of someone who once worked with Kelly Kwalik; the local Indonesian military; or a combination of the above. It is a reflection of the complexity of the political and economic dynamics around the mine that more than six months after the shootings began, and with some good investigators on the scene, there are no conclusive answers".The report does not rule out military involvement either and in its scenario on the possibility that it might involve military protection rackets, it states:
"None of this means military involvement is impossible, but the evidence is either circumstantial or inaccurate".However, the report is correct in that dialogue between Jakarta and representatives of the West Papuan people is the best way to try and solve the many problems in West Papua, otherwise the situation could deteriorate further.
For more information contact Joe Collins Mob. 04077 857 97
Australia West Papua Association
(Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction
Sydney, Australia 2088
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