(Note: Due to the
length and seriousness of this report we recommend you print it out.
Received May, 1998)
Dear All,
We, The Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy in Irian (IHRSTAD),
on behalf of the Three Churches in Timika, West Papua (Irian Jaya)
urge you to support our "Report of the Human Rights Violations and
Disasters in Bella, Alama, Jila and Mapnduma, Irian Jaya" by making
PRESS RELEASE, STATEMENT and/or any similar forms of supports for
the Three Churches to the Government of Indonesia in accordance with
the DEMANDS stated in the Summary of the Report.
For your kind attention and support, we would like to say our
gratefulness.
Yours, IHRSTAD
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GKII Report on Human Rights Violations in Jila, Bela, Alama and Mapnduma
between December 1996 and October 1997
From Bela and Alama, located some 150 kilometers to the east of Tembagapura,
officials and members of the Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia (GKII, the major
Protestant church in Irian Jaya) report that between December 1996 and October
1997, sixteen people became victims of human rights violations during military
operations. Thirteen of the victims were from Bela and Alama, two were from Jila
and the others were from Mapnduma. Eleven of the victims were shot and killed;
two "disappeared"; and three sustained injuries.
In the same military operations, in which military forces were not only
tasked with crushing the Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka or OPM)
but with securing the "vital project" of PT Freeport Indonesia Inc. (PTFI), the
troop burned 13 church buildings in 13 different hamlets, 166 homes, and 29
rumah bujang or "men's houses, a traditional structure.
The human rights violations occurred after an operation to free a group of
researchers from the World Wildlife Fund (Team Lorentz '95) who were taken
hostage by a gorup of OPM led by Kelly Kwalik and Daniel Yudak Kogoya. The
operation, led by units of the army special forces (Kopassus); Infantry
Battalion 753 from Paniai; Infantry Battalion 752 from Sorong; and Infantry
Battalion 751 from Jayapura, resulted in the flight of people living in the Bela
and Alama valley.
They fled out of fear to caves and to the forests surrounding Bela and Alama,
as well as Ilaga. They felt they had to flee to protect themselves because in
the course of the military operation, the troops had shot both people and their
animals (pigs, chickens, and dogs), burned their homes, and burned the churches
of the GKII.
In the course of this operation, a man was shot in Wajitagala in December
1996; another in March 1997 on the banks of the river Mokogom; and another in
April 1997 on the banks of the river Tomogong. Six people were shot dead in May
1997, and another was killed in Mapnduma in October 1997. With respect to the
bodies of these victims, six were simply covered with leaves and later found by
their families and buried, while four others were buried by the military. In
addition to these shooting victims, two civilians were declared missing, and two
others were wounded.
The people who were shot were civilians returning to their gardens near their
hamlets to gather food, such as yams and corn, since they had run out of food in
the places where they had sought refuge. The lack of food had made them weak and
vulnerable to disease, with the result that 15 people died while displaced. The
physical weakness of this population was still visible after they had left their
hiding places and returned home. Eighteen more people died of illness after
returning around December 1997.
The rate of death has tended to rise over the last three months. Between
January and March 1998, 28 people died in three hamlets, Tagalarema (19);
Ningimtagalao (6); and Onimogom (3). The total number of those who died in five
other hamlets in Bela and four in Alama is not known. The last report received
from Bela in April 1988 stated that 65 others had died. The deaths of those who
died during and after their flight were caused by general weakness as a result
of insufficient food and hunger linked to the military operations in the hamlets
of Bela, Alama, and Jila.
The Indonesian armed forces also burned thirteen buildings, including eight
churches in Bela and five in Alama, while of the 166 homes burmed, 66 were in
Bela and 100 were in Alama. Of the 29 men's houses destroyed, 17 were in Bela
and 12 in Alama. Also destroyed by the military were one traditional house, two
health clinics (puskesmas) and one SSB (single side band) radio.
Given these grave human rights violations, we request the government, through
the National Commission on Human Rights (KOMNAS HAM) and other relevant parties
to:
- Open the affected areas so that the churches and other social institutions
can channel food aid and medical supplies to help overcome the famine and
disease that have struck our people in Bela, Alama, Jila, Nggeleselema,
Mapnduma, and other hamlets in the area of the southern part of the Central
Highlands.
- Send a fact-finding team to investigate and publicly announce and
disseminate fundings about human rights violations and other problems in Bela,
Alama, Mapnduma, and other areas, linked to military operations following the
rescue of the hostages. The southern part of the Central Highlands was the
main target of those operations.
- Investigate and punish, in accordance with existing law, the perpetrators
of human rights violations and those responsible for the policies which led to
the commission of human rights violations in the area.
- Undertake to calm the fears and create a sense of peace among the people
of Bela, Alama, Nggeselema, Mapnduma and other hamlets in the region that have
up until now been the targets of military operations.
- Withdraw military forces which up until now have been responsible for
operations in the area in order to create the atmosphere mentioned above in
the areas of Bela, Alama, Nggeselema, Mapnduma and other hamlets in the
region.
From the end of the hostage rescue drama in the hamlet of Nggeselema in the
Central Highlands of Irian Jaya on May 15, 1996 until now, there have been
disturbing reports about abuses experienced by civilian occupants of Jila, Bela,
Alama, Nggeselema, Jigi, Mugi, Mapnduma and other hamlets in connection with the
presence of troops from the Armed Forces of Indonesia (ABRI) to crush the OPM as
well as to protect the "vital national project" of PT Freeport Indonesia.
That presence was marked by the number of military posts built from the time
the hostage crisis broke out in January 1996 until the present, beginning in
Port Site, Timika along the main road of PT Freeport Indonesia up to Tembagapura
and the villages of Banti, Arwanop, Tsinga, Howea, Jila, Bela and Alama, Jigi
and Mugi, Neggeselema, and Mapnduma.
There are accounts of how frightened people in the area became because of the
military operations, to the point that many residents of different hamlets in
the Bela, Alama and Mapnduma valleys fled to the forests and to other hamlets
for safety. More than 1,000 civilians from 23 GKII congregations in the area
left their homes to hide in the forests and mountain caves, or to flee to other
areas that they felt were more secure. Some were reported to have fled to
Eralmakawia, Jila, some 130 kilometers to the east of Tembagapura, while others
fled to the ethnic Nduga area in the east, and still others sought refuge in the
subdistrict of Ilaga, Paniai, as well as in Timika and Tembagapura in Mimika
district.
Reports abound of the destruction of people's gardens and animals, and there
are also accounts of a significant number of killings of the people themselves.
There are also widespread reports of the burnings of churches and homes as well
as the looting of property of local residents.
Local people whom army troops managed to gather in hamlets were tightly
guarded. No matter where they went, they had to obtain a travel permit signed by
security officials, making it difficult for them to go to their gardens or hunt.
People relayed their experiences in a number of different ways, through oral
accounts directly from eyewitnesses or victims, sometimes via letters, sometimes
through poetry and songs. These accounts shocked us but at the same time made us
very concerned about the people who had suffered so, all the more so because we
felt almost powerless to help, since the areas involved were so remote it was
difficult to get there to investigate what had happened almost two years
earlier.
But no matter how difficult, we could not stay silent. Our hearts were moved
by the fate of our brothers and sisters. With all the limitations, we tried to
the best of our abilities to find out more precisely what had happened.
As is well-known these incidents affected people who for the most part are
members both of the Gereja Kemal Injil Indonesia and of a representative council
of the Amungme people known as LEMASA (Lembaga Musyawarah Adat Suku Amungme).Our
team underdook three research missions to the village of Bela and Alama in
subdistrict Ilaga, Paniai district, about 150 kn to the east of the town of
Tembagapura and to Mapnduma subdistrict in Jayawijaya subdistrict.
The first mission took place from August 23 to September 9, 1997, and the
second from December 1997 to February 1998. The delay in undertaking field
research resulted from problems of transport and communication as well as the
tight security system of the armed forces in the area.
During the first mission, the team leaft from Timika to Ilaga. From Illaga
the team spent two weeks walking over hills and valleys, scaling cliffs and
crossing traditional hanging bridges to get across rivers to meet and interview
witnesses and collect evidence. To add to and verify the findings of the first
mission, two teams were sent to the area to collect information about the
incidents and identities of witnesses. One of these teams worked from December
1997 to February 1998 while the other team was on mission during the third and
fourth weeks of April 1998.
The result of the investigation has helped us enormously in drafting this
report. The emphasis in the contents is on when and where incidents of human
rights violations took place. We have not mentioned the names of the witnesses
in order to protect their safety.
1. Marthen Kemong (16 years old)
Since the clean-up operations after the release of the hostages began in May
1996, the Kemong family had fled, hiding out in a cave in Bulumaungin, near
Bela. To check whether their hamlet of Wajitagala, near Bela, was safe or not,
Marthen and two friends left their hideout in Bulumaungin on December 18, 1996,
with the intention of going to Wajitagala. But when they got to the garden
there, they encountered troops who were conducting an operation.
Marthen Kemong, the eldest child, was in front walking along a log, followed
by his two friends. One end of the log was outside the fence of the garden, the
other end was inside the fence. Marthen and his two friends had stepped on the
part that was outside the fence, while some soldiers were on the other end in
the garden. After getting on the log, one of the friends saw the soldiers with
their rifles cocked ready to shoot. Gesturing to his friends to run to avoid
getting shot, the friends ran to the side of the path to escape the ! hail of
gunfire in front of them. From his hiding place, the friends heard a cry of "Get
them!" from the soldiers. They ran from the military trap toward higher land.
Marthen Kemong also tried to get out of the way by running to an overgrown
area to hide. But he couldn't get out because he was caught in the vegetation.
The troops, who were part of the "Deermouse Group" (Kelompok Kancil) were
alerted to the presence of the victim and shot him as he emerged.
From their hiding place higher up, Marthen's companions, who escaped the
attack, saw the victim dragged across the log. The two did not know for sure
what the military was doing. They only heard the sound of several shots. Then
the victim was brought to the cliff and tossed there.
The next day, the two went back to the place where the incident had occurred.
After reaching there, they saw that troops were still present, so they returned
to their hiding place. On the second day, they stopped their efforts to find the
body because soldiers were still around. Only on the fifth day were they able to
search because the soldiers had moved on to another location. They went down to
the base of the cliff and there they found the victim's head. They carried it
while looking for the rest of his body. It turned out the body was lying on top
of some tree branches and had already begun to decompose. Because they could not
reach the body, the two buried the head near the tree where Marthen's body was.
2. Zakari Katagame (14 years old)
Because of the military operations, civilians in the hamlet of Tagalarama
were afraid and left their homes to seek refuge in Igiliponop, in Bela. But
because there was no food, Zakari Katagame, 14, together with three friends went
out from their hiding place to their gardens in Tagalarama.
After taking some sweet potatoes and corn, they returned, but out of hunger,
they decided to rest in a small honai (traditional house) in Mongkogom while
cooking the sweet potatoes that they had taken. At that moment, some Indonesian
soldiers from the Kopassus post in Nigimtagalaok were conducting operations not
far away and saw the smoke rising from a honai in Mongkogom. They went to set a
trap for their target. Zakaria and one of his companions were sitting on a log
outside their house, while his mother and brothers were cooking in the honai.
When they saw the soldiers coming, they panicked and began to shout. Hearing
their cries, the troops immediately opened fire, firing indiscriminately in the
direction of the two victims from a distance of about 15 meters. Zakaria
Katagame was hit in the head with the hot lead, while his friend escaped and ran
toward the house where the others were. He called to them, telling them to leave
at once because they were being attacked.
The soldiers kept advancing, keeping their guns at the ready to shoot at
Zakari's friend. With amazing energy, the friend was able to jump past the
troops, but he fell and got tangled up in the branches of a tree. He scrambled
to try and extricate himself. Another friend ran to help and managed to break up
some of the branches. The two men then ran in a zig zag fashion and were able to
hide in the vegetation, escaping a stream of bullets from the soldiers.
Hearing the gunfire, Barnabas Katagame, the father of Zakari, together with
two other relatives, Moses and Karolus Deikme, who were not far away at the
time, came to the place that Zakari was shot, carrying a number of flyers
distributed by the army, exhorting people to return home because the situation
was now safe. Along the way they ran into the same troops who had shot Zakari.
(They didn't know at the time that these were the same soldiers). When they
showed the soldiers the flyers, they were allowed to pass and thus escaped being
killed.
Barnabas Katagame was asked by the same troops who had just killed his son to
go to Nigimtagalaok where the army had persuaded the some of the displaced
people to come down from their hiding places in the caves and forest. They then
put up by local church officials. At the same time, Moses and Karolus Deikme
were ordered by the troops to go and get their relatives who were still in
hiding and bring them to the "safe" area of Nigimtagalaok.
In Nigimtagalaok, Barnabas Katagame heard from someone involved in an army
auxiliary unit called Tenaga Bantuan Operasi or TBO) that Kopassus had killed
his son. That night, Barnabas and ten of his friends managed to escape from the
tight guard of the troops and go out to look for their relatives. From his
second wife, Rosa Wauwapelik Mom and Peni Balineming, who had escaped the
gunfire, he was able to confirm that indeed his son, Zakari Kategame, had been
killed by the troops.
Barnabas and his relatives were extremely angry and confused. They went out
to collect Zakari's body, bring it back to Nigimtagalaok, and protest to the
military: "Why do you soldiers give out flyers to the people hiding in the
jungle and mountains telling them to go back home because it's safe? In fact,
after we gather togther, other troops come and kill innocent people just like
that. It's behavior like this that makes the people of the ten churches in the
upper part of Bela run away so that to this day we don't know what's happened to
them." But hearing this, a Kopassus soldier showed his gun to Barnabas and said
in an arrogant way, "For us, the people from two churches who have already come
back and gathered here is enough for us. As for the others still in hiding in
the caves or forest, we will search for them with the barrel of our rifles."
According to the witnesses, the protest against the killing of Zakari
Katagame took place in March 1997, during a time when there was tension between
the KOPASSUS unit, and its commander named Jai, who is strongly suspected of the
murder, and the troops of KODAM VIII Trikora, Infantry Battalion 753. Because
they were unhappy with KOPASSUS actions, the troops of battalion 753 left that
day to return to their post in Jila.
3. Ter Balinol (38 years old)
In April 1997, Ter Balinol and his wife, Murip Kwalik, who were hiding in a
cave near the hamlet of Terowi left for the hamlet of Pusikama in Bela to visit
Murip's family in Kingewun. Along the way, Murip was walking in front, followed
by her husband. When the couple reached the Tomogong river (between the rivers
Belogong and Alamogong) Ter Balinol, who was walking behind, was shot by troops
who were conducting operations in the area.
According to the wife of the victim, they did not pay any attention to her as
a woman walking in front.Ter Balinol, who had two wives, Murip Kwalik and Agnes
Pinimet and was the father of Otje Balinol (son) and Ozeana Balinol (daughter),
died on the spot. Murip ran toward her parents' house in Pusikama to tell them
about the bloody incident. But because they were afraid, they did not return
immediately to the place where Ter was shot. It was only a few weeks later that
they went back and found the decomposing body. The body was just left there by!
the troops. The family dug a grave and buried Ter Balinol not far from the site.
4-5. Ninuor Kwalik (50 years old) and Daugunme Kwalik (12 years old)
Around May 1997, Ninuor Kwalik, 50, and Daugunme Kwalik, 12, were shot and
killed by the military outside a military post when they were acting as lookouts
while two of their relatives took food that the army had left inside the post.
Witnesses recounted the incident as follows. That day, Ninuor Kwalik and
Duagunme Kwalik wanted to go out to their garden to get food, because they were
very hungry in their hiding placein Daugin. Before reaching the garden, they
passed a military post that seemed "empty" although it was full of food such as
rice, instant noodles, and so on.
According to the witness, they did not know that the troops had simply left
the food in the post while they went out and built a shelter, but they were
continuing to watch the post the whole time. When they saw so much food, they
cancelled their plans to go to their gardens. Instead, they returned to their
hiding place and asked two relatives to go with them to help carry some of it
away.
While the relatives were collecting the food, Ninuor and Daugunme were acting
as lookouts for the military. But alas, it seems that the military had detected
them, and the two victims died in a hail of gunfire. The two relatives had been
happily collecting the food and heard a noise, but they thought it was only a
tree branch breaking so they did not give it any thought. When they heard the
gunfire, though, they were able to escape.
About three weeks later, when the troops had moved to another area, some
people who had been hiding in Kolwonop, about two hours by foot from Alama,
wanted to go to Alama to get food because of the shortages where they were. A
witness we interviewed, who was passing then in front of an army post, saw two
suspicious-looking rectangular places on the ground. He went closer, then began
to dig. As he was digging, he smelled something rotten, then a human hand
appeared, the skin of which had begun to come off. Since he had found one
victim, he began to dig in the other place, and sure enough, he found the other
victim whose corpse had also begun to decompose.
He then told his relatives what he had found, and the news reached the two
witnesses to the killing. They recognized that the corpses were those of Ninuor
and Daugunme who had been shot by the military some time earlier. The witness
said the graves were still there in front of the army post in Alama and were
still being guarded by troops.
6. Marinus Deikmom (16 years old)
A week after the death of Zakari Katagame, Marinus Deikmom, together with
seven friends, left his hiding place in Kwalem, Bela to go to his garden near
his home in Agap-Agap. They were hungry, and they also wanted to observe a day
of giving thanks.
Photo 1: The grave of Marinus Deikmom in Agap-Agap. His hip bone can be seen
protruding from the ground and grasses; about 30 cm in front can be seen the
victim's penis gourd.
After arriving in Agap-agap, they first checked the plants by the side of
their houses that they had abandoned since the military occupation began, then
they went to see if there were troops in the area. After checking, Marinus
Deikmom said he was going to check once again outside the fence around his home.
(The traditional houses of the indigenous inhabitants of the Central Highlands
and the Baliem Valley are usually surrounded by a kind of fence to protect the
occupants and plants from pigs and other aninals.) A witness said that as soon
as Marinus had gone outside the fence, the military opened fire. Marinus, an
innocent civilian, died instantly.
Seeing this, his relatives panicked and looked for a way out.A witness who
was able to escape said that after the victim was shot, his body was dragged
some 15 meters from the fence, then covered with leaves and grasses. The witness
thought this incident happened in about May 1997.
7. Ikadius Deikmom (20 years)
On May 28, 1997, Ikadius Deikmom and Manus Balinol, his brother-in-law, were
shot by troops at the edge of their garden in the hamlet of Onimogom, Bela. At
that moment, Ikadius Deikmom and Manus were observing the situation to see if
the army was around. They did not know that they were being watched by soldiers
who were nearby, eating. A gun was aimed at the head of the first victim and
went off. Ikadius Deikmom was hit in the forehead in a way that blew off his
head and he died immediately. Seeing this, Manus Balinol threw himself backward
and headed for a kind of ditch. The soldiers let off a burst of gunfire but the
bullets hit nearby trees, and Manus was not hit.
Photo 2: Unyimogom, Bela, the place where Ikadius Deikmom was shot. In the
photograph, a witness can be seen showing tree branches that were broken when
troops fired bullets in the direction of the victim.
According to the witness, the body of the victim was covered with leaves from
a sweet potato plant (ubi jalar) and guarded by troops for about a week. As soon
as the troops left, Manus went and buried the victim at the edge of a garden
belonging to several families from the hamlet of Onimogom, Bela. (See Photo 3).
Photo 3: The grave of Ikadius Deikmom in Unyimogon, Bella. The victim was
shot by the armed forces.
8. Henok Mulugol (50 years old)
Henok Mulugol, 50, was shot by troops in his garden in Norama-augin, upstream
of the river Alamogong. He had gone there with his wife because there was no
more food in the place he and his family were hiding. After getting what he
needed, Henok ordered his wife to go home first to cook, because he wanted to
clear some of the trees around his garden.
On her way back to the hiding place, his wife heard the sound of gunfire.
When she reached her family, she told them what she had heard and asked
relatives to go back and check on the whereabouts of her husband. But it was
already dark, so the family did not go out. The next day, however, very early in
the morning, three youths ran to the garden of Henok, their chief.
In the garden they saw the corpse of Henok Mulogul covered with grass. They
realized their chief had been shot in the head, so that the eyes and ears of
Henok were totally destroyed. They also said that the body seemed to be covered
with stab wounds. The body of Henok was then buried by his family in his own
garden.
9. Wewe Amisim (39 years old)
In May 1997, Wewe Amisin and Melkianus Balinol went to get food from their
garden that they had left behind when they were displaced. When they arrived at
the edge of the Amokonomon river, they saw several soldiers who immediately
opened fire on the two. They ran for cover, but after running several
kilometers, they paused because Wewe Amisin who had been shot in the back,
piercing his chest, was not strong enough to run further. He ordered Melkianus
Balinol to keep on going to save himself and gave him a knife as a memento.
He told Melkianus, "If I do not return tomorrow, come and look for my body in
the cave over there." The two then parted. Melkianus, whose arm had been shot
when he raised his hands to surrender, ran to their hiding place and told others
there of what had happened. They decided to move to another location because
troops were already closing in on their hiding place.
The next day, after Wewe did not return, a group went with Melkianus to
search for him in the place where the incident had happened. There they found
the body of Wewe Smidin. He had been shot in the stomach and chest, and the body
was covered with flies. They carried away the body and later buried it near the
Amokong river.
10. Pastor Wenesobuk Nggiwijangge (48 years)
On Sunday, October 12, 1997, about 9 a.m., Pastor Wenesobuk, a leader of a
congregation in Gilpid, was leading the worship service there. About 12:00 p.m.,
he left the church and arrived home about one hour later. There, he began to
bake sweet potatoes. After putting the sweet potatoes in the ashes, he asked his
family to watch the sweet potatoes and told them to be sure and take them out
when they were ready He said he was going to check on a trap he had set some
time earlier near the Pinigi river to catch kus-kus. He also wanted to get
rattan to build a fence around his house to protect it from pigs who often went
in and out of the yard of the honai, where he lived. He left between 1:00 and
2:00 p.m.
Before he arrived at the river, he ran into two soldiers who apprehended him.
It appears he was not immediately shot, because near the place he was captured,
there were footprints indicating he had struggled to get away. It seems likely
that it was when he was trying to escape from his army captors that he was shot,
he was thrown in a pit about 10-12 meters deep. When he had been shot the first
time, the sound was not too clear. The second and third times, the sound was
quite loud and everyone in Gilid heard it clearly. The shots were also heard by
the people on the Mapnduma side of the Nggul river who were just coming back
from church in Mapnduma. Piet Nggwijangge, a member of the village government of
Mapnduma, was among those who heard the gunfire.
After waiting until about 5:00 p.m., five people from Gilpid, including the
pastor's son, Elinus Nggijangge, left to look for Wenesobuk, knowing that he had
go to check his kus-kus trap. On the way they saw a military camp in the middle
of the forest around Gilpid. One of the soldiers called out, "Where are you
going?" One of the family members replied, "Our father came here yesterday but
has not returned. We want to look for him." The soldiers said, "We didn't see
anyone pass this way, maybe he went somewhere else." But the five people knew he
would have passed by the path they were on and they redoubled their efforts to
look for Wenesobuk. The soldiers asked, "What color was his shirt?"
The five said it was place, and he was also wearing black shorts. The
soldiers let them pass but told them they might meet up with two more soldiers
in the forest.
Then, as the five were climbing toward the forest, they found the footprints,
as well as an army boot. They also saw drops of blood and traces of someone's
having been dragged downhill. They followed the trail and not much further on,
as they were beginning to descend, they found the two soldiers, one of whom was
named Ali, the other whose name they could not recall. The men appeared to be
working at something. The soldiers seemed startled and frightened as the five
appeared and said, "What are you doing here?" One of the five said, "We're
looking for our father." But the two soldiers threatened the group, saying
unless they should leave, and unless they went elsewhere,they would be shot.
Because it was getting dark, the family went back to Gilpid.
On their way back, they passed the same military camp that they had gone by
earlier. The soldiers said, "Tomorrow, you cannot come by here between 6:00 and
7:00 a.m. and if you do, we'll consider you OPM and shoot you. You have to come
after 8:00."
On Monday, October 13, around 6:00 a.m., Elinus, Wenesobuk's second-eldest
son, went to the KOPASSUS post (from the Tribuana IX group) in Mapnduma to ask
for a travel pass (surat jalan). Before reaching the post, Elinus stopped at the
house of Pastor Zakheus Lokmbere, regional head of the GKII church in Mapnduma,
and Pastor Zakheus asked him, "Why do you want to get a travel pass?" Elinus
said his father had been shot by the military in the forest and he needed a pass
to search for his father. Pastor Zakheus then went with him to meet the KOPASSUS
commander, Second Lt. Uco. When they arrived at the post, Lt. Uco told them they
did not need a pass, they could just go ahead and he would contact the military
camp in the area. Hearing this, Elinus went home to Gilpid.
There they collected a group of about 200 people, led by Pastor Barok Kogoya
and two evangelists, Yosias Nggwijangge and Yopi Nggwijangge, and together they
left to look for Wenesobuk. They divided themselves into two large groups of men
and women and started their search at about 7:00 a.m. When they arrived at the
military camp in Gilpid, they found it had been torn down. They then came upon
signs of violence where two soldiers had dragged Wenesobuk after killing him
from the banks of the river to the edge of a cliff where he would not be seen by
anyone.
There were also signs that they had tried to bury the body there but could
not because there were so many rocks and wood debris. So they dragged him back
and dug in a second place but that did not work either, so finally they dragged
the body back to the banks of the Pinigi river. When the body was exhumed, there
was was not even a thread of clothing on the it.
The body was covered in wounds as though a sharp object had been used to cut
open his forehead, temples, arm, and lower legs as well as to break his jawbone
and spine. In addition, he had been shot about eight to ten cm to the left of
his spine. The bullets had had hit the the lower righthand part of his ribcase,
breaking two ribs and leaving a wound of about five cm.
To cover any traces of the killing left on rocks or earth, the soldiers had
tried to cover up the marks using an armby boot. But the people had gone after
them, shouting, so that the soliders were afraid and dragged the body to the
mouth of the Pitano river. Because there was sand there, the soldier tried to
hide the body by digging a grave for Wenesobuk.
But not all of the body could be buried. Part of it was wrapped in black
plstic, then buried and covered over with sand. Then a few large rocks were
placed on top.
When they saw the rocks, the people knew they marked the body of Wenesobuk
Nggiwijangge. In the end, the people dug up the body and brought it back to
Gilpid.
When they arrived there, the people wanted to cremate the body, but the
village head of Mugi, Alex Nirigi and church leaders, together with people from
Mapnduma, sent a message asking that it not be cremated. The people must bring
it to Mapnduma so that the soldiers who were still in Mapnduma could see the
results of their work. The body was then brought to Mapnduma around 14:00, two
days and one night after the search had begun.
As soon as the body had arrived in Mapnduma, all the people, including the
Lt. Uco, commander of the KOPASSUS post Tribuana IX and one of his men named
Soekirman, came and saw the body. The two officers were silent.
After this the church officials and indigenous leaders began to speak: "We
have always tried to meet the the needs of every unit of the armed forces that
entered this area, with anything that was available. We have given you chickens,
pigs, rabbits, and vegetables. We fulfilled almost all of your requests. But you
felt that the livestock, chickens, pigs, rabbits and other things we gave you
were not enough. You wanted human lives. You wanted the life of a servant of
Christ, but we didn't want to surrender it to you. Now a calamity has struck. We
have lost a church leader who worked in this area giving direction and guidance
to the people. We can't do anything. We are little people, ignorant people."
After that, the people left.
Then the indigenous leaders and church officials told the others, "The deaths
of human beings are not all the same. Some die because of illness. Some drown in
the river. Some are buried by landslides or floods. And Wenesobuk's death was as
you see here." Then the crowd dispersed.
Around 4:00 p.m., the people gathered wood and cremated the corpse but before
they did so, they had the body examined.
Two days later, on October 16, 1997, a man named Heru, commander of the local
post of infantry battalion 751, called church leaders, medical officers, and
indigenous leaders to the post. He told them that his men had found the body in
the road and that to prevent dogs and pigs from getting at it, they had buried
it. He asked that those gathered not spread the word that Wenesobuk had been
killed by the military but that he had died naturally. He repeated his request
several times.
This caused some of those invited to say, "The chickens that we gave to
Kopassus and to Battalions 751 and 752 were not chickens but the souls of human
beings that we turned over to you to guard and protect. But we will later see
together who is cut up and eaten and who is protected." The army then asked the
group to drink together, then everyone went home. After this incident, troops
from Battalion 751 were pulled back to Timika using a military helicopter.
11. Tepias Aim (22 years old)
In March 1998, Tepias Aim and his uncle were invited by three soldiers to
shoot birds in the forest near the hamlet of Amongkonop, in the village of Jila.
The uncle escape from the trap of the soldiers who were part of the Rajawali
forces, but Tepias Aim to this day has not returned to his home. It is strongly
suspected that Tepias was shot dead. This suspicion is based on the testimony of
witnesses given below.
In March 1998, the head of subdistrict Akimuga, Drs. Willem Farissa, together
with two people, one of his staff members from Kaimana and another person named
Yohanes Piligame, a teacher-in-training for Jila, his own village, approached us
in the village of Amongkonop. After the subdistrict chief and his group visited
other areas, ABRI troops from the Rajawali team came into Amonkonop. Several
days after they arrived, Tepias Aim (my nephew) and I (Elias) were invited by
three soldiers from the Rajawali team to look for birds in the forest. We went
into the forest and arrived at a kind of shelter we had made to use when we went
to look for frogs. One of the three soldiers looked around at the contents of
the shelter. After doing so, he said that there were no OPM around but they
would spend the night in the shelter because there was a fire. In fact, I saw no
trace of any fire in the shelter.
I was separated there from Tepias. Tepias was guarded by one soldier, while I
was asked to go with two other soldiers who were armed. After walking a ways
from the shelter, one of the soldiers guarding me ordered me to squat and face
in his direction, as his friend looked over at the ravine there. Then the
soldier told me to stay squatting as he loaded his gun to shoot me. But his
friend said to him, "You don't have to shoot him here, we'll be half dead
dragging him to the ravine. Better we order him (Elias Aim) to the edge of the
ravine and shoot him there."
Then the soldier guarding me put his gun down. They brought me to the edge of
the ravine. They pointed their guns at my back and left side. I was terrified,
shaking. I began to realize they were going to shoot me and Tepias. The ravine
was more than 150 meters, and the river was so far below, one couldn't even see
it clearly. When we got to the edge, I made a decision that it was better to
commit suicide than to be shot!
I immediately threw myself over so that I wouldn't be shot. When I came to, I
realized I was still alive. I examined my body. I only had a small wound on my
heel and scratches on my face. The sound of gunfire from above could not be
heard clearly because the base of the cliff was so far from the spot I had
jumped from. I prayed and gave thanks for the help of God that I was able to
escape from the clutches of ABRI and was also able to survive after throwing
myself down that deep ravine in a way that my ancestors had never done.
After that, I tried to get out of the ravine. I immediately went back to my
wife and relatives in Amongkonop, hiding along the way. After meeting with them,
I told them that I had managed to escape being shot and and in a moment, we
would have to see if our child, Tepias Aim, returned safely; if he had not
returned, it meant he had been shot dead. Then I went to Jila hamlet in Jila
village. After speaking with them, I left again, spending the night on the road.
The next morning I went into Jila village to report what had happened to the
village head, Yakobus Uamang, an evangelist, and the commander of the Maleo unit
there.
After a while, Tepias's parents and my wife from Amongkonop came to Jila and
reported that Tepias had been shot by the army. They said that in the afternoon
of the day it happened, the commander of the Rajawali unit came to let them know
that the next morning, they were going to shoot "birds" so they shouldn't be
startled. The next morning we heard the sound of shots.
One villager saw Tepias Aim with his hands and feet bound being brought to a
place located between the military tent and a cluster of homes in Amongkonop.
Then everybody was ordered to leave for Jila and they were tightly guarded, so
that no one has seen Tepias Aim's body to this day. I think he was shot and
thrown down the same ravine that I jumped into.
Now I and five friends are being harassed by soldiers from the Rajawali team
on the grounds that we hid six rifles. We don't know what will happen to the six
of us.
12. Zakarias Katagame (33 years old)
Zakarias Katagame "disappeared" after leaving his hamlet of Agap-agap
inTerowi, Bela, to go to Unimalki, another place of refuge. According to a
witness, he was crossing the rattan bridge over the Belomon river at the time.
The witness, who was following behind the victim, said that after he crossed the
bridge, he heard two shots, followed by a third. Hearing this, the witness and
his friends ran for cover until about 17:00 when they went back to the place of
the incident. They could not find Zakarias. The problem, according to the
witness, is because the situation was unsafe, the family and others never went
to look for Zakarias Katagame.
13. Namatme Kanongopme (50 years old)
All the people in the Alama valley tried to take refuge when the army troops
came into their hamlets. At that time, according to witnesses, the military was
conducting operations all over the area. The situation was very tense, and the
people were in a state of panic. Everyone was trying to save themselves.
Namatme Kanongopme was suffering from asthma, so that he had to be helped
from one hiding place to another. Because they were caught in a kind of pincer
movement from ahead and behind, the people were caught in the middle. Seeing the
situation, Namatme Kanongopme, who felt sick, told his relatives not to bother
about him and to leave him behind, so they could flee to safety.
They did so. About a month after this, the family went back to the place they
had left him, but they could not find him. Up until now, the family does not
know what happened to Namatme. According to the witness, they were surrounded by
troops, so that there is a strong likelihood that Namatme Kanongopme was taken
into custody by the troops.
Those Wounded By Gunfire
14. Melkianus Balinol (29 years old)
In May 1997 Melkianus Balinol and Wewe Amisim were hit with bullets by a
group of Kopassus troops near the hamlet of Amponi. At that time, the two
victims had come out of their hiding place to get food from their garden that
was located near the edge of the Amokonomon river. When the two victims
approached the garden that was closely guarded by the military, they were
startled by a burst of gunfire.
Because it was so sudden, the two panicked, and Melkianus raised his hands as
a symbol of surrender. But it was no use. The bullets hit his left hand,
severing all the fingers. He did not know the fate of his friend Wewe, but
because it was certain that the army would not just ignore him, even though he
had raised his hand, Melkianus ran as fast as he could for safety. The army
chased him from behind, shooting all the way, but Melkianus was able to return
to his hiding place. He told people there about everything that had happened to
him and Wewe in the garden. The wound was bandaged in a traditional fashion with
whatever materials were available. Even now, Melkianus's wound is badly infected
and the rot has spread to his wristbone. He is living in the Ilimtagalok-Bela
hamlet.
15. Aprilanus Deikme (16 years old)
My name is Aprilanus Deikme. I am sixteen, and I come from Limtagalok. After
the release of the hostages in 1996, we could not live peacefully. The army was
always conducting operation. In these operations, they burned our houses, our
churches, shot our animals and people. I was one of those shot by the military,
and I want to recount my experience.
Before Sunday services one Sunday in April 1997, we suddenly heard the sound
of helicopters. We saw three helicopters flying from the direction of Timika,
one small one and two large ones, all three of them black. The little one turned
around and around in the air, while from the air, the other two let off rounds
of gunfire at the homes of people in our hamlet, Limtagok. We were getting ready
to hold services outdoors because we did not yet have a church building. Seeing
the helicopters shooting at our homes, we ran for cover into the forest.
Then the two helicopters landed, and troops disembarked. We all tried to save
ourselves after that morning. Some fled to the forests, others of us fled to
Molinop. Then all the elders and others moved from Molonop to Meniponop. While
fleeing, we saw the roots of huge trees torn up, causing the trees to fall.
There were huge pits in the forest around occupied areas, and we found breakage
caused by grenades. We did not know if this was the result of the shooting from
the helicopters.
This incident that endangered our lives made my parents ask me to follow them
to Meniponop. They said to me, "If you stay here, you will be killed by the
army. You must go with us." I did not go with them because I wanted to stay with
my two brothers, Elias Dekmom and Pitu Dekmom. In the end, I stayed with them
and we spent the night in Molonop.
The next day, early in the morning, I went down by the river Elenogong toward
our gardens on the bank of the river Molonogong, which runs parallel to
Elenogong. Along the way, I put down my bow and arrow, because I was going to
come back by the same path after going to my gardens. When I arrived on the
banks of the Molonogong, I saw traces in the sand of a lizard's egg. I sat down
and began digging in the sand to look for the egg.
While digging, I looked toward our garden. I saw the leaves of sweet potato
plants all torn up from having been stepped on by people. I thought, it was not
people from Molinop who trod all over the plants because since morning, no one
had come down from there. It had to be the army. Instantly I said, "Ungkam Me
[the word for God in the local language, Amungkal]."
I knew that if the army saw us, they would shoot without warning. I
immediately swam across the river Molonogong which flows very fast. Usually,
people cross the river by bridge, no matter what the season. While swimming, I
heard a hail of gunfire, and the sound of water being hit by bullets. The sound
was like a person throwing water on hot coals: cilis, cilis, cilis.
After I reached the other side of the river, I examined my body because my
mouth and nose were bleeding. My body was covered with blood. It turned out that
my left side was badly wounded. I began praying as I was walking, saying,
"Lord, help me, so that I don't die where there are no people." I walked
along the shore of the Molongogong river. As I was crossing the river, my head
ached,so that I almost was swallowed up in the swift current. When I got to the
other side, I picked up my bow and arrow where I had left them. En route, I
killed a field mouse.
After walking a fair distance, the blood was no longer coming out of my mouth
and nose. Then I met up with my brother, Pitu Dekme. He was startled and at
first thought I was a soldier. But when he saw I was shot, he embraced me and
cried. Afterthat, he used the saliva from his own mouth to rub on my chest and
wounds, while praying, "Lord, protect my younger brother, so that nothing
happens to him. Give him strength and health. Protect him, so that these wounds
do not grow large."
After praying, he walked on ahead to inform his wife and children about what
had happened to me. I was walking along after him. At that moment, my throat was
dry and my body was cold. I took some thick leaves to catch water, then drank
it. I took some other leaves to rub on my weak and ill body. Then I made a fire
using a traditional "match." I tied rattan to some bamboo, but I found it
difficult to ....
..... is that time, many people who were hiding in the forest because of the
military operations wanted to breathe, and the blood began to come out of my
nose and mouth again, so I stopped. Then I unrolled my mat and slept.
When I awoke, I saw Elias Deikme, Dominggus Deikme, and Doghoinoghoipme Magai
standing beside me. They saw me and cried because I had been shot. We went
together and met with people from Limtagok who were going to Molonop. Along the
way, we made a shelter to protect ourselves from the rain. Then Doghoinoghoipme
left for Piligomong to let people there know about my condition.
The next day, we went along the mountain ridge to Piligomong. Because I was
no longer strong enough, I was helped by Elias and Dominggus. We walked in
front, followed by our relatives. Along the way, we met Doghoinoghoipme. When we
arrived in Piligomong, the place where many people had sought refuge, the people
had already left, so we followed to another place. The first group that had fled
had destroyed the ladder by the ravine, so we made a new one to get up. When we
got to the top, we destroyed it, too, and went after the others.
After we left our hamlet, Molonomon, we met with people from Meninginponop.
On the way from Bela to Jila, they had spent the night in Ompiliga. There they
felt safe because there were troops from Jila.
We left Alama and entered Jila the next morning. The distance from Jila to
Ompilaga was not far: if one leaves in the morning, one can arrive in Ompilaga
by noon.
Before Christmas, I noticed my wound was already infected. People inserted a
piece of wood and scratched the wound until the pus came out. There were pieces
of bone in the flesh and pus that came out, including a piece about three cm
long.
As a result of the shooting, I cannot work very hard. I feel great pain after
I work, and itis particularly painful when I wake up. If I walk very far, I feel
short of breath.Coughing is very painful, and even to yawn causes me pain.
16. Martinus Tsugumol (40 years old)
Martinus Sugumol, aged 40, lives in Amongkonop, Jila, and also became a
victim of ABRI operations in Jila in March 1998. On April 20, 1998, he came to
the head of his church. Showing him his wounded shoulder, he said that he had
been shot the month before. As a result of the shooting, he could not move his
upper arm as usual. He could only move it very slowly, but could not use it to
carry goods or to do other heavy tasks.
When asked about what had happened to him, he was not ready to give
information because he was afraid. This fear was linked to the fact that the
place he lived was under heavy guard by the ABRI forces and the Rajawali team in
Jila. Martinus lived together with others on the south side of the military post
and the grounds of the subdistrict military command (KORAMIL). When he went to
tell the church leader what had happened, he had to go northward and pass the
military post and KORAMIL grounds because the church leader lived on the nothern
side of the post.
The millitary post and KORAMIL complex were thus on the right side of the
street while the police post was on the left. The location of the church
leader's house and the fact that he was under observation from the military made
Martinus unwilling to give further information about his wounds. He worried that
if he did, he would be suspected by the troops in the different military
installations around.
He also feared because the troops from the Rajawali Team were still
conducting operations in the settlements around Jila. The operations were
conducted because local residents were accused of hiding six gunds, whereas in
fact, they had not.
The ruins of churches and homes as in the attached pictures are proof of the
cruelty and arbitrary behavior of army troops who undertook operations in the
area of Bella and Alama. Throughout the hamlets we passed, from Koyamol through
Bomaugin, Nemanagora, Dail Augin, Puttogam-ok, Bemok-in as far as Agap-agap, the
scene was the same, houses and churches in ruins.
In some places, like Bomaugin, Dail Augin, Bewok-in and Agap-agap, the
churches and homes were even torn down and turned into military posts or
firewood to cook and provide warmth in this cold mountain area.
A number of witnesses we interviewed said that as soon as soldiers entered
and took over a hamlet, they began shooting indiscriminately, causing people to
flee for safety to caves or jungles near their homes. From there,they witnessed
their homes and churches destroyed or burned, one by one, until their hamlets
became a sea of fire. As mentioned above, the army also tore down churches,
homes, and clinics, using the roofing to build their own posts and the wood for
kindling, and as well as taking any belongings inside, such as a Single Side
Band radio, for their own use.
Below we set out a chronology of incidents according to the eyewitnesses.
When the scientists of the 1995 Lorentz Team were taken hostage, some
soldiers were sent down to Alama. Because they were scared, some of the people
left the hamlet. Some fled to the firests, some to Timika, others to Illaga.
Then the merciless brutality began. Anyone they came across was shot dead,
without any warning.
When the hostages were still in captivity, military attention was more
focused on Alama. But after the hostages were freed and the military operations
got underway, the troops began to spread out over the whole area, beginning in
the hamlet of Ol Aramabongin. The troops met with a tribal leader (kepala suku)
and asked him to go to the village of Eralmakawia with them to transport their
goods.
He refused, but asked a number of young boys from the hamlet to carry the
goods. They carried the army supplies to the village of Eralmakawia. There were
five youths involved. Because the supplies were very heavy, half way along, the
soldiers changed places with them and carried their own goods. When they got to
one place, the five youths saw a group of Kelly Kwalik's forces (OPM). Because
they thought there was going to be an armed clash between the army and the OPM,
the five ran away from the soldiers to save themselves. The troops fired at them
but they missed their target, and the five were able to get away.
The soldiers then used a walkie-talkie to contact their friends in Ol
Aramabongin and told them about the five boys. The five were suspected of being
OPM. Because of this, the next day, troops descended again by helicopter to look
for the head of the hamlet to get his help in arresting the boys. When they came
into the hamlet, they were surrounded by people who wanted to know why they had
come.
Without even giving the local leader a chance to ask questions, he was all of
a sudden asked in a rude voice, "Who are you?" He got scared and immediately ran
away. The soldiers opened fire in the man's direction, and the others in the
hamlet scattered to save themselves, running into the forest and nearby
mountains.
When army reinforcements arrived in Ol Aramabongin, there were no residents
left. They torched the homes until the hamlet became a sea of fire. In addition
to houses, aminals like pigs were shot and burned. After burning the houses to
the ground and killing the animals belonging to the people of Ol Aramabongin,
the soldiers went on to the next hamlet, Watitagala, where they shot Marthen
Kemong (see above). It is believed this happened in December 1996. According to
witnesses, the troops didn't go directly to the houses of the people of
Watitagala but instead, they watched the area from the gardens. After killing
Marthen Kemong, they moved into the hamlet itself. Seeing it deserted, they
burned the houses and churches to the ground.
The burning finished, the troops then returned to their base in Ol
Aramabongin. (Meanwhile, several helicopters were bringing more troops to the
hamlet.) Some of the soldiers set up a basein Watitgala, particularly in the
gardens, so that if people went to get food, they would be shot on the spot. The
operations continued on to the hamlet of Ningminintagalau.
There, by chance, all the houses had just been built. They were burned to the
ground by the military. Then they went to the old hamlet (Ningintagalau), then
on to Tagalarama. These hamlets are the largest in the Bella valley. These
operations are believed to have taken place between January and February 1997.
After the burnings, several of the local leaders were called in by soldiers
of the 753 battalion under the leadership of Commander Ferry who was ordered by
Lukas Jawai to exhort the people to return to their homes. But it turned out
that another operation had been launched by Kopassus that caused the death of
Zakari around March 1997. In a trip to his garden, Zakari's father, Barnabas,
found his son's corpse.
The death of Zakari at the hands of Kopassus caused anger and disappointment
among the local leaders who had been asked to persuade their people to return to
their hamlets. It also made the soldiers of Battalion 753 unhappy. After the
killing of Zakari, the Kopassus troops forced everyone to move to Eralmakawia.
The people objected because they had no gardens there. But they were still
forced to go because it was suspected that an operation was going to take place.
Commander Ferry was unhappy with the behavior of Kopassus, so he invited the
people to move to Karelmakabia. Barnabas, Zakari's father, did not want to leave
the place where his son was buried. But he was forced to by Kopassus. The people
wondered if their fate was going to be the same as those who were still hiding
in the forest out of fear.
Kopassus said they would search for the latter with their rifles, so the
people moved to Eralmakawia.
After they had moved, Kopassus launched their operations by burning hamlets
such as Agap-agap, Bemoki, Amponi, Dailagun, and Onimogom. Onimogom was one of
the centers of the traditional houses of the Amungme people; these, too, were
burned by the army. One isorei or bachelors' house, that was burned in Onimogom
belonged to Usia Mom. It was frequently used as a place of worship for the
people in the area. There was also the honai of Melkianus Mom and Yohanes Mom,
also destroyed by fire.
The burning of the isorei was witnessed by Jonni Balinol and his brother,
Ikadius Dekme who was killed on May 28, 1997. At that time, the two had intended
to go and get food from their garden. But on the way, Ikadius was killed by the
army. It was before that that the two had seen the burning of Usia Mom's isorei.
When he heard that people had been forced to move to Eralmakawia, Father
Ilias, a pastor in Alama, urged people to move there too. But on the way to
Erekmakawia, the roads were blocked by troops from a Kopassus unit. The people
saw that in virtually every hamlet, the military had set up posts. With
operations taking place on such a large scale throughout the area of Bella and
Alama, all paths for the people to look for food in their gardens became more
and more closed off, and there was no food available for gathering in the
forest.
The people began to panic, not trusting their pastors or clan leaders any
longer. In this situation of a lack of trust, fear and hunger, sickness began to
strike. Innocent people began to fall. >From data gathered by the local
people, the number of deaths from hunger and sickness had reached 15.
All of the people of Bela left their homes. Father Ilias brought 81 people to
Eralmakabia. Along the way, Kopassus terrorized them. Around May, the group led
by Father Ilias arrived in Eralmakabia. Because of his concern for the others
who were still in the forest, Father Ilias brought in the army in Eralmakabia
and took a flag to urge people to return home. Around June 1997, Father Illias
and his group returned to Bela and Alama. When they got back to their own
hamlets, they found all the plants gone, the gardens had become jungle, there
was nothing they could use. The animals were gone as well, burned to death by
the army.
When they returned home, the people began to work on new gardens and build
new homes. But unfortunately, it was at this point that the drought hit and
killed their new crops. Then came the disaster of famine and sickness, such as
skin diseases and malaria, that attacked the people of Bela and Alama. The
village head of Bella asked for a travel permit to urge people to come back.
Finally he got the permit and by coincidence, it was the time of the election
campaign, so there was a megaphone available to urge people to return to Ilaga.
It was there that the village head met up with Father Ilias and his group. On
the way home, they saw the graves of several victims.
In broad outline, the results of our field investigation in the hamlets of
Bela and Alama, where houses, churches and other facilities were burned and
destroyed by the army, are as follows: Destroyed Bela Alama
churches 8 5
houses 66 100
men's houses 17 12
traditional houses 1 0
clinics 0 2
SSB radio 0 1
The burning and destruction of churches, villagers' homes and other
facilities owned by civilians in the villages of Bella and Alama by ABRI
(Indonesian Armed Forces), who have conducted military operations there since
they liberated the 'Mapnduma' hostages in May 1996. (These tables cover the
period May 1996-April 1997.)
* The Bella Valley [I] Churches
no. church name/village size capacity status
01 GKII* Congregation/Unyimogom burned and destroyed by
ABRI
02 GKII Congregation/Puttagamok burned and destroyed by
ABRI
03 GKII Congregation/Bemougin burned and destroyed by
ABRI
04 GKII Congregation/Tagal Arama 10 x 15m 60 - 70 people dismantled by
ABRI
05 GKII Congregation/Mekam Tsema burned and destroyed by
ABRI
06 GKII Congregation/Kayamol burned and destroyed by
ABRI
07 GKII Congregation/Wajitagala burned and destroyed by
ABRI
*GKII refers to Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia (or Christian & Missionary
Alliance)
[II] Villagers' Houses
no. village/victim age sex tribe religion
I BEMOUGIN
01 Karel Katagame 23 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
02 Tony Deikmom 39 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
03 Ninogol Deikmom 46 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
04 Tinus Deikmom 40 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
05 Lukas Deikmom 30 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
06 Yakobus Deikmom 31 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
07 Kelam-in Anggaibak 40 female Amungme Protestant/GKII
08 Yanes Deikmom 19 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
II AGAP-AGAP
01 Sekawa Kulmanol 42 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
02 Melkianus Mom 27 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
03 Petrus Kulmanol 33 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
04 Nupnangkai Kulmanol 50 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
05 Agannamung Tsolme 29 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
06 Thomas Katagame 18 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
07 Jauda Katagame 43 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
08 Kungogolinme Pinimet 39 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
09 Zakarias Katagame*# 33 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
III TAGAL ARAMA
01 Naugalik Katagame 45 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
02 Olemut Katagame 18 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
03 Kawi Katagame 48 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
04 Stefanus Katagame 20 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
05 Jakson Katagame 47 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
06 Awuk Katagame 48 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
07 Abnorame Katagame 22 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
08 Lukius Balinol 41 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
09 Etom Tsenamom 19 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
10 Naungitme Tsenamom 20 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
11 Anthon Deikmom 24 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
12 Zeth Balinol 34 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
13 Philipus Balinol 55 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
14 Jegin Balinol 19 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
15 Kelampilik Balinol 53 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
16 Kuatagamakopme Amisim 36 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
17 Markus Balinol 40 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
18 Elenol Tsenamom 57 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
19 Jileski Katagame 41 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
IV NEKAM TSEMA
01 Angamokme Deikmom 42 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
02 Plara Deikmom 18 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
03 Kewanetkopme Deikmom 21 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
04 Aikal Deikmom 34 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
05 Moses Amisim 30 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
06 Elias Deikmom 21 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
07 Kaiyap Deikmom 53 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
08 Isak Kulmanol 19 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
09 Obaja Deikmom 41 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
10 Jerry Amisim 20 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
11 Enongamkal Balinol 56 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
12 Wanagol Kulmanol 57 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
13 Enelik Kulmanol 20 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
14 Yunus Katagame 44 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
15 Nigidukme Katagame 48 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
16 Ainginme Katagame 22 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
17 Osea Balinol 39 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
18 Anthon Deikmom 41 male Amungme Protestant/GKII
19 Beny Deikme 33 male Amungme Protestant/GKII |