TEMPO.CO, Jayapura – Dozens of Cendrawasih University Students waged a protest calling out Papuans to join the Melanesian Sparehead Group in Abepura, Jayapura, earlier today. Melanesian Sparehead Group (MSG) is planning to hold a conference on June 17 in New Caledonia.
The students involved in the protest carried the Morning Star banners and fliers, sticking it to the University gate. They also shouted Free Papua slogan, saying "we refuse to be dismissed. Papua is under pressure. Papua must be freed."
Local authorities had taken preventive measures by deploying officers armed with riot shields before finally dismissing the protest.
JERRY OMONA