JAKARTA: The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
(Kontras) says the government needs to evaluate its military operations
in Papua, as more soldiers and civilians are injured by gunfire.
“We
know there are threats from separatists. However, if we use a military
approach to solve the separatism problem, we also have to evaluate the
approach’s impact on civilians, especially children,” Kontras
coordinator Haris Azhar said on Wednesday.
He said that the government might evaluate the military operation, but
it still had to solve the security problem.
“We need a guide for
conducting military operations that reduces the number of victims,
especially civilian victims,” he said.
Haris said that the
dialogue approach, which was accepted by all Papua citizens, would help
handle the security problems in Papua, especially those caused by
separatists.