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| The photo of Yogor Telenggen (in the middle) was closely guarded by the Indonesian Police (photo sulpplayed) |
Name : Yogor
Telenggen
Date of birth : 23 June 1988
Date of arrest : 12 May 2018
Status : Sentenced to life imprisonment
Charges : Article 340, 187 jo 55(1)(1), 365(1), 365(4)
Date of birth : 23 June 1988
Date of arrest : 12 May 2018
Status : Sentenced to life imprisonment
Charges : Article 340, 187 jo 55(1)(1), 365(1), 365(4)
Yogor
Telenggen is a freedom fighter of the West Papua Liberation Army (TPNPB-OPM). He was previously sentenced for life in prison in
2013 but escaped from Abepura prison on 8th of January 2016.
He was re-arrested at approximately 4 pm on 12th of May in Puncak Jaya regency.
Telenggen was shot below the knee during
arrest. He was subsequently taken to Bhayangkara hospital in Jayapura for
treatment. His whereabouts was unknown for almost a month following his arrest.
Neither he nor his family was given arrest and detention letters. He is
currently detained in Jayapura at the headquarters of Brimob (Mobile Brigade
Corps, a special unit of the Indonesia National Police). cource click here Political prisoners on the rise on March to June 2018
Furthermore, Yogor Telenggen after being arrested at the Papua Regional
Police Mobile Brigade in Jayapura Papua, then to submit to the Court they sent
Yogor Telenggen to the City of Manokwari, West Papua form Jayapura.
The Indonesian Prosecutor's statement in the mass media stated that the reason for the transfer of Yogor Telenggen to Manokwari was security, because the trial for Yogor Telenggen was not safe at the Jayapura District Court or in Nabire, Papua.
According to the Attorney General's Officer (Kejari) Nabire), the Papua Province transferred a prisoner who is also a member of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) on behalf of the Yellow Card Yoman or Yogor Telenggen a (30 years old) to Kejari Manokwari, on Wednesday 23th of January 2019.







