Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuans detained for allegedly killing two US nationals and an Indonesian near the PT Freeport gold mine in Timika, Papua, have gone on a hunger strike to protest their trial.

"The hunger strike will continue until justice is served," the six Papuans said in a statement Wednesday. The defendants, including alleged ringleader Anthonius Wamang, are detained at National Police Headquarters.

They objected to the court's decision to let US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents who had helped arrest them testify against them. "The FBI agents tricked us," they said.

The Papuans' lawyer, Johnson Panjaitan, said the trial of his clients was biased and unfair.