Hundreds of Papuan students on the run from the police following the clashes on 16 March this year are still hiding in the forests around Jayapura District and City, and the District of Keerom. They are too frightened to return home because they are being hunted by the TNI/Polri.

The SGI (Joint Intelligence Task Force) headed by district police chief of Jayawijaya Robert Djonsoe are still engaged in covert operations to find the students.

Arnold Omba of the Pepera Front who is on the wanted list (DPO) told SPM News Numbay, via cellular phone half an hour ago that they are moving from place to place to evade the SGI. He confirmed that there were hundreds of students hiding in the forest but none had yet crossed over the border to PNG.

"It's difficult to cross the border because the TNI/Polri have blocked it," he said. "Djonsoe's militias have been able to block traditional paths making it more difficult for us to move and we are still in the forest near Abepura. This is why I can still get a phone signal."

Although the students may not be on the wanted list, they are afraid to return to the city, for fear of being arrested and subjected to torture in police custody to force them to make confessions about things they did not do. News about the intimidation suffered by Bobii and his friends before their court hearing has been heard everywhere.

The 16 March Clash was the result of a provocation by TNI/Polri intelligence. It was a scenario set by senior police officers without the knowledge of their subordinates, including Arizona Rahman and others who were then targeted by the students. It was a deliberate trick by the police as a way to push for the banning of the Pepera Front, to take over the policing of the Freeport-Rio Tinto location and secure promotions for themselves, according to SMPNews.