By Len
Garae
Chairman for the Working Group of the
all West Papua pro-independence organisations Markus Haluk, 34, says
pro-Indonesia West Papua Autonomy campaigners Franz Albert Joku and Nicholas
Simion Messet are enemies of all Papuans who love their freedom to define and
decide their own destiny, and cannot be allowed to attend the planned all Papua
reconciliation conference in Port Vila next month.
As long as they remain pro-Indonesia,
they won’t be welcome at the meeting as it is strictly for those who love their
freedom and will do anything to defend it.
Franz Albert Joku and Nicholas Simion
Messet are believed to have been indoctrinated by Indonesian authorities to
appeal to all Papuans living in the jungle and abroad to return home saying
their country is not what it used to be and is perfectly safe for all of them
to go home to.
Haluk says, “These two guys are using
the Indonesian flag while we are using the Morning Star flag so it is illogical
to say that they are part of our business. They are not standing up for us
pro-independentists to become a member of MSG so we cannot accept these people
to be part of our meeting”.
Asked how soon they expect to complete
their new application, Haluk says they are “super confident” to be able to form
a new all Papua umbrella organisation to submit their application for full
membership of MSG by the end of the year.
Indonesia he says, has observer status
at MSG only to whisper in the corridors but West Papua, geographically
speaking, is a natural, physical, integral part of Melanesia so all 99.9% of
Papuans are applying for full membership of MSG to take part in its decision
making processes to contribute towards the direction that MSG is taking.
On the dangers of living in West Papua,
Haluk says on June 16 2012, his friend Marco Musa Tabuni, 28, was shot dead by
Australian trained Indonesian soldiers outside his house in Jayapura at 10
o’clock in the morning. The authorities did not authorise any investigation or
court proceeding against his killers saying he was a guerrilla, an enemy of the
state.
Tabuni was the chairman of a grassroot
organisation controlling the masses. “At any time, a Papuan can be killed by an
Indonesian labelling him a rebel, a separatist, a drunkard and so on. That is
why we Papuans say our life and death do not depend on God but on Indonesia.
When you ask them why they kill us, they shrug saying we are separatists or
drunkards”, Haluk answers.
Haluk was arrested by Indonesian
authorities three times. The first time was for escaping from custody on April
7 in 2009, the second time for organising thousands of demonstrators to close
down Freeport Gold Mine in his country and the third time was for organising a
student demonstration during the MSG so called fact finding mission to Jayapura
on January 13 this year.
He was released by the Governor after
thousands of members of his Dani Tribe marched on Jayapura and ordered the
Governor to release him or “we will burn down Jayapura”.
The population of his tribe is 500,000
and is the biggest tribe in West Papua.
Papuan Global Campaigner for Freedom
Benny Wenda who passed through Port Vila last year, is a part of Haluk’s group.
Wenda is Haluk’s brother in law as he (Wenda) married Haluk’s sister.
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