West Papua: Thousands Of Papuans Occupy MRP, Reject Special Autonomy

West Papua: Thousands Of Papuans Occupy MRP, Reject Special Autonomy   Translated from Indonesian, Original Below   Thousands of Papuan occupied the Papua People's Council (MRP) offices in the provincial capital of Jayapura on Wednesday January 26 demanding that the government cancel the election of council members scheduled to take place on January 31.   The head of the Papua Referendum Front (Front Pepera), Selvius Bobi said that the election of MRP members will never take place and the...

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