Three Indonesian soldiers arrested for allegedly supplying weapons to separatists


JAKARTA (Bernama-Xinhua): Indonesia's security forces have arrested three soldiers for allegedly being involved in the sale of weapons and ammunition to separatists in the country's far-eastern Papua region.

The Cartenz Peace Operation Task Force, a joint operation by the country's army and police to curb armed separatist rebels in Papua, reported on Tuesday that the three suspects were arrested in connection with a case involving seven civilians recently named as suspects in similar illicit sales.

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