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friends of Peoples close to Nature

A Call for Your Alert from the Central Committee of the AMP. - Dear Friends and Supporters, Today, 10 June 2004, at 19:30 Papua Time, the Chair of the AMP Central Committee received a report from Mbaliem valley regarding efforts to intimidate and arrest some of our elders and friends in the area. By WPNews - Jun 14, 2004, 06:23 - One of them is Elder Alom Pagawak, the Head of Yelonggolo Village, District Kelela, Western Mbaliem. He is one of the key figures of Demmak (The Koteka Tribal Assembly).

The acts of terror is leading to his arrest by the TNI and Police. His house was previously destroyed by the Indonesian police on 5th March 2004, and he should run away from his village, leaving his people due to the attack. When they entered his house, they destroyed the walls, cut the wall painted his Morning Star Flag and threatened to kill him. We are reporting yet again, more intimidation on this elder, being carried out under the command of the Central Command. We want you to fax or ring the Commander of Police and Army in Wamena by;

Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Wamena, Jl. Hom-hom, Wamena, Papua, Indonesia
Telephone: +62969 32586
Chief of police in Wamena: +62969 31072
Police Office in Wamena: +62969 31110
Bupati (Regent) of Wamena: +62969 31005

Thank you for your kind support.
WPNews Translation
from AMP Letter in Malay
for more info see: West Papua News

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