KKB Kills 20 People Throughout 2019

KKB Kills 20 People Throughout 2019

Egianus Kogoya is the leader of the KKB who carried out the action in the Nduga region and is currently suspected of hiding in the Kuyuwage forest area, Lanny Jaya Regency. The Egianus group allegedly killed 17 Istaka Karya workers in Yigi District, Nduga Regency in 2018.

To eradicate the KKB action, in 2020, the Papua Regional Police will continue to use legal remedies in collaboration with relevant parties. According to Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono, 20 people died during 2019 as a result of the KKB shooting was a reflection of the worrisome conditions.

Spokesperson of the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) Sebby Sambom rated the shooting data submitted by the police as "discriminatory and manipulative".

Sebby asked the police to also release data on how many Papuans died as a result of violence and shootings carried out by the police. He also emphasized that the TPN-OPM had never shot innocent civilians. He also claimed that the civilian victims killed by the OPM were spies from the TNI / Polri.