Indonesia soldier jailed for aiding Papua rebels

Members of the Cenderawasih Military Command prepare for a mission to recover the bodies of 12 victims, who had flown on a military helicopter that went missing in June last year, in Papua. An Indonesian soldier has been jailed for life after being convicted of selling ammunition to rebels in the country's restive region. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAYAPURA: An Indonesian soldier has been jailed for life after being convicted of selling ammunition to rebels in the country's restive Papua region.

The heavy sentence comes as Jakarta boosts its troop deployments to Papua, the scene of a decades-long separatist insurgency.