{"id":88920,"date":"2021-03-23T01:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T01:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=56224"},"modified":"2021-03-23T01:26:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T01:26:06","slug":"indonesian-police-make-an-arbitrary-arrest-of-5-students-in-jayapura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/indonesian-police-make-an-arbitrary-arrest-of-5-students-in-jayapura\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian police make an arbitrary arrest of 5 students in Jayapura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Asia Pacific Report newsdesk<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indonesian police have made an arbitrary arrest of ffve students holding a peaceful action in front of the Jayapura University of Science and Technology, according to Papuan news sources.<\/p>\n<p>The students were detained yesterday by the police because they took peaceful action demanding that the Indonesian government grant permission to allow the UN Human Rights High Commissioner to visit West Papua.<\/p>\n<p>A media release received by <em>Asia Pacific Report<\/em> named four students detained by the police as Ernesto Matuan, Malvin Yobe, Apedo Doo, Devio Tekege and Dese Dumupa. However, some news reports said five students were detained.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=West+Papua\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other West Papuan self-determination reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The release said the university was a higher education provider that guaranteed freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>It said the police or military had no right to intervene in university students\u2019 activities.<\/p>\n<p>Before the action took place, the release said, the police had been monitoring the scene and when the demonstration began, the police entered the campus and brutally carried out the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students took action, while the police had rushed and left the campus before the students took action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the students were taking action, within a few minutes the police had arrived using a Sabhara car(registration XIVII 2406-28) and a white Avansa car (DS 5032 KN).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon arrival, the police went straight to the scene of the action on campus and dispersed the crowd while forcibly seizing some tools and equipment for the action,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illegal flag-raising<br \/>\n<\/strong>One of the images shared with <em>APR<\/em> showed a <em>Morning Star<\/em> flag of independence being held by one of the demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>In Indonesia, when someone raises the <em>Morning Star<\/em> flag, risk being jailed for 15 years for &#8220;treason&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The assistant rector three in charge of student affairs Isak Rumbarar told <em>APR<\/em> that his party was surprised by the messages circulating on social media. He said the public had asked him many questions about the demonstration and the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>But he said he was not in Jayapura &#8211; he is in Biak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so shocked when I received a lot of messages from my colleagues and messages circulated on social media that there was a demonstration and the <em>Morning Star<\/em> flag was raised at the campus yard. Another thing that makes me shocked is because there is no initial notification to us,\u201d said Rumbarar.<\/p>\n<p>He said his party had reminded students several times about the risks of demonstrations during the covid-19 period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this covid-19 period it would be better if demonstration activities involving many people should not be conducted because law enforcement officials could use this excuse to disperse and arrest demonstrators,\u201d Rumbarar said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alert campus authorities plea<\/strong><br \/>\nRubarar said that if the students would like to demonstrate to the government, either the central government in Jakarta or provincial government in Papua, and the demonstration was planned to take place in the university, then the organisers should let the campus know first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the <em>Morning Star<\/em> is raised and when the police officers or law enforcement officials have taken over, we as university cannot do much,\u201d said Rumbarar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jubi.co.id\/papua-demo-bawa-bendera-bintang-kejora-5-mahasiswa-ustj-ditangkap\/amp\/\">The tabloid <em>Jubi<\/em> reports<\/a> that the director of the Papua Legal Aid Institute, Emanuel Gobay, said that his party had confirmed the news of the arrest of five students to the Jayapura City Police (Polresta).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earlier I confirmed [this with the] police, but the police said there was no arrest warrant, and they were detaining [them] just for clarification. That&#8217;s why I asked us to assist with clarification,\u201d said Gobay.<\/p>\n<p>Gobay said that initially the five students were taken to the Abepura City Sector Police Headquarters. They were then taken to the Jayapura Police Headquarters to undergo a medical examination, and have their fingerprints and photographs taken.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Jayapura Police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Gustav Urbinas, said that the arrested students had not been &#8220;restrained&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the five students were only transported to the Jayapura Police to be asked for information.<\/p>\n<p><em>Filed for Asia Pacific Report by a West Papuan correspondent who cannot be named.<\/em><\/p>\n<style>.pf-button.pf-button-excerpt { display: none; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2021\/03\/23\/indonesian-police-make-an-arbitrary-arrest-of-5-students-in-jayapura\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have made an arbitrary arrest of ffve students holding a peaceful action in front of the Jayapura University of Science and Technology, according to Papuan news sources. 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