Papua Civil Servants' Security to be Strengthened, Home Affairs Minister Orders Security Forces
Indonesia's Home Affairs Minister has ordered security forces to strengthen the protection of civil servants (ASN) in Papua following the killing of three ASN by armed groups. The minister criticized the armed groups' claims that the victims were intelligence operatives as a common tactic to justify violence.
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