Jayapura – Two Papuan students detained after a pro-Papuan independence demonstration were released after paying bail to the local police.

Zakaria Horota, chairman of the National Front of Papuan Students (FNMPP), said here Tuesday that Marthen Manggaprow and Frangky Inekep were released with a letter of summons.

Marthen and Frangky were arrested during a student demonstration the police said was illegal because it had no permission from local security authorities. The students were demanding a referendum to decide the province's future.

Zakaria said the FNMPP accepted the letter and that seven executive board members would come to answer police questions on the demonstration. He said the student organization informed the police before the demonstration was held and the students did not conduct a long march.

He called on the Uninted Nations to include the so-called West Papua issue on its agenda for deliberation.