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March 12, 2025 | 11:47 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Patrige Rudolf Renwarin said that TNI-Polri (Indonesian military and police) members involved in illegal arms sales with Papua’s KKB could be sentenced to death. "TNI-Polri members who are found to be involved in the purchasing and selling of firearms with armed criminal groups must be shot dead,” Patrige said in a voice message received by Tempo on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
The death penalty, he said, is sanctioned under Article 1 of Emergency Law of 1951, which rules that those involved in supplying, delivering, possessing, or carrying firearms or explosives without authorization are subject to the death penalty, life imprisonment, or a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Arms trade with the West Papua National Liberation Army - Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) also undermines the spirit of peace, he said. Such actions would backfire on the security forces deployed in the Papua region. "These ammunition and weapons sold to armed criminal group will be used to kill their colleagues, especially those in the Papua highlands,” he said.
Patrige did not deny the fact that some TNI-Polri members have defected and channeled weapons to the TPNPB-OPM, but he said the actions are not attributable to the military or police institutions.
It was previously reported that the Cartenz Peace Operation Task Force uncovered an illegal firearms trafficking syndicate in Bojonegoro, East Java, linked to Yuni Enumbi who was arrested on Thursday last week.
He was apprehended while attempting to transport six firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from Jayapura to Wamena. Enumbi is a former TNI soldier who was dismissed in 2022 for involvement in arms smuggling for the TPNPB-OPM.
Enumbi was arrested along with sixty-two rifles, four handguns, and 800 rounds of ammunition. In a press statement last Saturday, Patrige mentioned that the two rifles were manufactured by PT Pindad.
The police later retracted the statement and stated that the firearms carried by Enumbi were homemade and produced in Bojonegoro, East Java. Five people were involved in this assembly. They are TW, MH, MK, P, and AP.
Another suspect is Eko Sugiyono, who was arrested in Manokwari, West Papua. Eko was Yuni Enumbi's partner while serving in the Kausari Military Regional Command. He was also dismissed from military service in 2022 for involvement in weapon smuggling.
Therefore, a total of seven suspects are involved in this illegal arms smuggling network. "Five suspects are detained at the East Java Regional Police Headquarters, and two suspects, Yuni Enumbi and Eko Sugiyono, are detained at the Papua Regional Police Headquarters in Jayapura," said Faisal.
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