Jayapura – A man was arrested by Jayapura Police officers Saturday, allegedly for hoisting the outlawed Morning Star flag, the symbol of the Papuan independence struggle.

Jacob Mamori, 25, was arrested following reports from residents who saw four people putting up the flag at the Sentani district office at 1 p.m. The police officers said they were still hunting down the other three suspects. "Based on witness information... we apprehended the suspect, who at the time of the arrest, was in the market," said head of Jayapura Police's crime unit, First Insp. Sudjadi.

According to chief of Jayapura Police, Adj. Sr. Comr. Jacob Kalembang, the man, who works as a scavenger at Sentani market, admitted that he helped raise the flag, but added that he was told to do so by "unidentified people".