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Indonesia s Papua province has been dealing for decades with demands for independence and a low-level separatist insurgency. (Photo: AFP/JUNI KRISWANTO)
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JAKARTA: Indonesia s military on Wednesday (Dec 23) named nine soldiers as suspects in the killing in April of two civilians in the country s Papua region, as part of a state probe into violence this year in an area beset by separatist conflict.
The military is conducting an internal investigation as part of a fact-finding mission that started in October into several incidents in the Intan Jaya district, including the fatal shooting of a Christian pastor in September.
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Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesian Islamic Defenders Front, is greeted by supporters at the Tanah Abang, Jakarta, Indonesia, November 10, 2020. Reuters pic
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JAKARTA, Dec 14 Indonesian police arrested firebrand Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab on Saturday on suspicion of violating coronavirus protocols after the staging of several mass gatherings since his return from self-exile in Saudi Arabia last month.
The arrest comes after six of his bodyguards were shot dead by police last week and raises further concerns about a boiling over of tensions between authorities and Islamist groups in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.
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What hardline Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab s return means for Indonesian politics
14.12.2020
Indonesian police arrested firebrand Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab on Saturday on suspicion of violating coronavirus protocols after the staging of several mass gatherings since his return from self-exile in Saudi Arabia last month.
The arrest comes after six of his bodyguards were shot dead by police last week and raises further concerns about a boiling over of tensions between authorities and Islamist groups in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation.
Who is Rizieq Shihab?
As head of the hardline Islamic Defender’s Front (FPI), Rizieq has for years cut a controversial figure in Indonesian politics.