File picture of police and medical personnel receiving the remains of a telecommunications worker, one of eight killed by separatists in a remote area of Indonesia’s Papua province while repairing a telecommunications mast, in Timika on March 7, 2022. - AFP
JAYAPURA Indonesia (AFP): At least two protesters were killed and several others were wounded in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Tuesday (March 15) when a demonstration against planned administrative reforms turned violent, police said.
Protesters say Jakarta has not included Papuans in plans to form new provinces in the region and fear the reforms will be used as a pretext to tighten government control over the area.
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