Andita Rahma, Antara, Jakarta – The National Police recorded that there are around 150 members of the Papuan armed criminal groups. The number was obtained after the police and the Indonesian Military (TNI) mapped all rebel groups in the province.

"Approximately 150 people, the militant members," said the National Police Head of Public Information Division, Sr. Comr. Ahmad Ramadhan on Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Meanwhile, the police could not reveal the exact number of sympathizers. "We have not yet known how many sympathizers," he added.

Ramadhan said the police are still hunting down the armed groups, especially after the attack against two soldiers of the Indonesian Army in Nop Goliat Dekai Airport, Yahukimo, on May 18, 2021.

The attack reportedly involved up to 20 perpetrators. Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius D Fakhiri asserted that the joint military and police personnel are pursuing perpetrators who seized two SS-2 firearms and four magazines belonging to the two soldiers.

Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/1464010/police-record-around-150-joining-papuan-armed-criminal-grou