Documents of the police operation code-named Operasi Adil Matoa show that the aim of the Operation is to build cases against Papuan organisations which support independence in order to secure their conviction, the imprisonment of their leaders and activists and the dissolution of the organisations.
The official documents of the police operation known as Operasi Adil Matoa 2002 have been leaked and made available to Tapol. Here is a summary of their contents:
The documents consist of Instruction No 3/VII/2002, signed by the police chief of Papua, Inspector General Drs Made M. Pastika, and dated 17 July 2002, together with a number of diagrams and lists of tasks, problems and conclusions. The Instruction states that the basic task of the police force in Papua is to uphold the law within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) and to uphold the territorial integrity and the unity of the nation.
The Instruction identifies as the targets of the Operation "individuals and social organisations whose vision and mission are to separate the Province of Papua from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, who are a threat to the unity of the nation and who violate the laws of the Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia" (para 3a), and "individuals and social organisations who oppose the policy of the government by using violations of human rights as a cover and who engage in other activities that can undermine the authority of the government and the state" (para 3b).
The Operation's Set-up consists of defending Papua as a Zone of Peace and an integral part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (para 4a), "undertaking investigations and interrogation of organisations whose activities fall within the terms of articles 106 and 107 of the Criminal Code and Law No 27, 1999 regarding crimes against the security of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia" (Article 106 makes it a crime to engage in acts of rebellion to separate part or all of the territory of Indonesia, with a maximum penalty of life or twenty years. Article 107 relates to acts of rebellion to overthrow the government with a maximum penalty of fifteen years or in the case of the leaders, a maximum penalty of twenty years.)
The methods to the used during the Operation are:
1. To gather material and statements from the community or from social organisations which point to activities of incitement or provocation with the aim of achieving a sovereign, Independent West Papua outside the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
2. To look for and seize letters, bulletins and other things that can be used as evidence of incitement or provocation to oppose the lawful Government of the Republic of Indonesia within the frame of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.
3. To draw up Interrogation Reports (Berita Acara Pemeriksaan – BAP) for the purpose of conducting investigations within the Criiminal Justice System to pave the way for submission to a court of law, in order to secure a legally binding decision.
The Operation will last for sixty days from the starting date (Hari H), to be determined by the chief of police of Papua. One of the supporting documents lists nine organisations which are already "mobilising their forces". They are: Dewan Majelis Masyarakat Adat Koteka - Demmak (the Penis Gourd Traditional Council); Dewan Adat Suku Sentani - Dass (Traditional Council of the Sentani Tribe); Dewan Adat Papua - PAP (Papuan Traditional Council); Pemerintahan Adat Papua - DAP (Papuan Traditional Government); Satuan Tugas Papua - SP (Papuan Task Force); Polisi Adat - PA (Traditional Police); Tentara Pembebasan Nasional/Organisasi Papua Merdeka (National Liberation Army/Free Papua Organisation); Tahanan Politik/Political Convicts - Tapol/Napol (Political Prisoners and Political Convicts); Students, Women's, Youth and religious groups.
These organisations are considered as being a "challenge to the NKRI government" because they do not support Special Autonomy. They also make use of global issues such as human rights or the handling of the Theys case in order to achieve an independent West Papua.
One diagram bearing the title "How to Handle [the targets]" is composed of arrows and circles directing these organisations towards interrogation by the police and thereafter passing the results to the prosecutor for indictment under Article 106 resulting in a prison sentence. Another supporting document lists what should happen during the Operation, namely that a court verdict for rebellion should lead to the dissolution of the organisation in question.