Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno stated that so far the government did not have any plans to raise the status of civil order in Papua formerly Irian Jaya to civil emergency. There was not enough reason to impose such a status in that province.

"We don't have enough reason. Not enough, because the province, not only the Papuan legislative body but also the Papuan government, has not proposed it yet.

Moreover, the authorities in that province are still able to handle problems within the civil order status," Minister Sabarno said after attending a coordination meeting on security and political affairs in Jakarta on Wednesday (28 January). "Actually, it is the media which is making a fuss about the issue. If you hadn't stirred it up, made the story and publicized it, nothing would have developed because there is not enough reason to impose an emergency status in Papua," said the minister while he was heading to his official car.

He even asked who had made up the plan to impose the civil emergency status, "Who did make the plan [the civil emergency status]? Who did it? Please, tell me! Who did it?" he said impatiently.