Agus Triyono – Papuans from the Paniai district on Wednesday reported National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for deploying 140 brigade mobile police officers to their district.

Residents said troops have been in Paniai since Nov. 2, 2011. The troops have caused locals unrest by "sweeping" ordinary people while looking for Free Papua Organization (OPM) members. John NR Gobai, the Customary Council Head of Paniai, said that troops often took people's belongings forcefully during home searches.

"Moreover, with the reason of searching for OPM members that they accuse of stealing their guns, they shot ordinary people [Matias Tenouye]," John said after submitting the report to Komnas HAM. "He's just a gold digger, not member of OPM."

Ridha Saleh, a member of the commission, said that he would request an explanation from the National Police chief regarding the report. "We will ask for an explanation from him for the reason for deploying the troops," Ridha said. "It did not only happen in Paniai, but also in Freeport's area."

If the report is true, Ridha said the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs Djoko Suyanto and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono failed to fulfill their promises.

"The government has committed to solve the Papua problem with a peaceful approach, not violence," he said. "If these cases reported are true, it means they [Yudhonoyono and Djoko] failed [to keep their promises]. This shows that what they said could not be implemented in reality."