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Police name six OPM members suspects

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Jakarta Globe - September 4, 2012

Farouk Arnaz – Six out of 25 members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) who were arrested in a series of raids on Sunday and Monday have been named as suspects by the police, and remain in custody.

"Out of 25 persons that have been questioned by a Papua police detective, there are six who were positively named as suspects and detained," National police spokesman Brig.

Gen. Boy Rafly Amar said on Tuesday. "They are – DK (Daniel Kogoya), LS (Lambertus Siep), NJ (Nabi Jikwa), KJ (Krema Jikwa), TK (Tandius Kogoya) and SK (Sony Kosay) – who are strongly alleged to have attack and abused victims in Nafri."

Dani and his two friends were arrested in a hotel in Jayapura on Sunday night, while the other 22 were arrested in a separate raid in BTN Puskopad Atas Kampkey, Abepura on Monday. Four out of the 22 – Nabi, Krema, Lambertus and Tandius – have been long been wanted by police.

Police are alleging that the suspects in custody killed four people and wounded seven in an attack on Aug. 1 in Kamp Nafri, Abepura. The four who were murdered include a member of the military named Don Keraf and a driver named Sardi, as well as a man named Wisman and his wife Titin. They also allegedly attacked the construction site of a TV tower in Papua.

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