Jayapura – Police have questioned 14 witnesses in connection with the unfurling of a separatist Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag during the opening of the Papua Customary Community Congress here last week.

They included two local government officials, a National Sports Committee (KONI) official and members of the event's organizing committee, Papua provincial police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Paulus Waterpauw said Monday. Police are also questioning the event's organizers.

Lawmakers said Monday the probe was questionable due to the fact former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid approved the use of the flag as a form of tribal identity and the approval is yet to be revoked.