Bernarda Rurit, Jakarta – The Free Papua Organization flag the Morning Star reportedly hoisted in Yogyakarta on Thursday morning to coincide with a convention on West Papua held in London.

The flag was reportedly raised at a dormitory for Papua students belonged to the Papua Province administration on Jl. Kusumanegara Yogyakarta at about 4 AM. No flag were seen at 7:20 AM at the student complex.

A spokesman for a Papua student association in Yogyakarta Roy Liqua said the flag was raised to coincide with the meeting of International Parliamenter for West Papua in London. The convention claimed by the students started on Wednesday and will end on Friday.

Students also said the flag was raised simultaneously in several region in the country, and they were planning an action in Jakarta.

Indonesia won controll of Papua from the Dutch Colonial in 1969, twenty four years after the country declared independence from Japan.