Day: January 22, 2022

Timika, Papua Mimika District Police Precinct in Papua Province, assisted by the military and security task forces, is boosting security to tackle possible security disruptions and threats from armed separatists.

Despite the intensified alertness, Mimika Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner IGG Era Adhinata said that the security situation in Mimika of late has been under control.

“The current security situation in Mimika is safe, and residents are also supportive of our actions to ensure security and peace in the region. We will maintain our vigilance to any potential security threats,” Adhinata stated in Timika, Mimika District, Papua, on Saturday.

The police chief highlighted family or tribal feuds as the greatest threat currently to public security in the region, saying prompt reports to police have proved to be key in defusing the potential escalation of the feuds into full-scale conflicts.

From 2017 until 2020, security forces in Mimika have taken on several armed groups based in mountainous areas who occupied several villages in Tembagapura Sub-district, he said.

One of the major terror attacks perpetrated by the armed groups was the attack on a Freeport office in Kuala Kencana on March 30, 2020, which resulted in the death of one New Zealander and left several workers injured, the police chief noted.

Source: Antara News

Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has emphasized the importance of implementing ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar during a conversation with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Jokowi received a call from the Cambodian Prime Minister on January 21, 2022, regarding the prime minister’s visit to Myanmar.

According to a written statement released by the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry here on Saturday, during the call, the President stressed that ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar must be based on mutually agreed principles, especially the consensus.

He also said that Indonesia regrets that the Myanmar military did not display any commitment to implementing ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus during the Cambodian Prime Minister’s visit to Myanmar.

The implementation of the consensus cannot be associated with the implementation of the Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council of Myanmar, he stressed.

Furthermore, President Jokowi said that the Myanmar military must provide access to the special envoy to the chairman of ASEAN so that communication can immediately be established with all related parties in the country.

Communication is crucial for encouraging an inclusive national dialogue in Myanmar, he added.

If there is still no significant progress on the implementation of the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus, the regional organization must maintain its decision to only allow Myanmar to be represented by non-political delegates at ASEAN meetings, the Indonesian President said.

Meanwhile, the Cambodian Prime Minister proposed the formation of a troika comprising the Foreign Affairs Minister or special envoy of Cambodia, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Brunei, and the Foreign Affairs Minister of Indonesian, which will be supported by the ASEAN Secretary General.

The proposed group will be assigned to monitor the implementation of the consensus in Myanmar, he added.

Source: Antara News