Police question five people over Kelly’s Kwalik activities

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Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna shows a picture of Papuan rebel leader Kelly Kwalik at a press conference in South Jakarta on Wednesday. The police shot dead a man who allegedly was Kelly and conducted a DNA test to confirm his identity.

The National Police is considering relocating five people to Jakarta after they were arrested during a raid that is believed to have killed rebel group leader Kelly Kwalik in the Papua regency of Mimika early on Wednesday.

Spokesman for the National Police, Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna, said the move was aimed at protecting Jeep Murip, 24, Noni Sanawarme, 35, Martimus Katarame, 21, Yorni Murip, 10, Yosep Kwamtik, 60, from possible retaliation by Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist group members.

Nanan said the police were hunting four suspected accomplices of Kelly who allegedly helped him organize separatist activity across the island. He declined to identify the suspects.

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