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Indonesian Police in riot gear open fire on civilians for refusing to shave and cut hair
By JG Vibes
Intellihub.com
September 26, 2013
WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA — Monday, police opened fire on a crowd of people, killing one and injuring several others. Police have told the media that they were dispersing a rioting crowd, however local residents are telling a different story.
Santon Tekege, a local preacher has told the Guardian that the crowd was shot at because they refused to cut their hair and shave their beards.
Tekege told Guardian Australia that the Indonesian police’s mobile brigade (Brimob) was carrying out a “sweeping” operation at the local market on Monday when the incident occurred.
“Brimob had scissors to cut people’s long hair and beards,” Tekege said. “The police always stigmatize those with long hair, dreadlocks and long beards as being separatists.”
“[The police] were also sweeping for nukens (traditional dillybags) that had designs of the Morning Star flag or had ‘Papua’ written on them,” Tekege said. “Mobile phones were confiscated and Brimob was checking the songs on people’s mobile phones.”
Benny Giay, the moderator of West Papua’s Kingmi Church who has family in Waghete, told Guardian Australia from Jayapura: “[The Indonesian authorities] think that Papuans who have long hair are uncivilized so they go around and try to cut their hair. They did this in the 1980s as well.
“The man who was killed [on Monday] tried to raise his objections and he got shot. It was the actions of the police [that started the unrest] – they were going around with big scissors and cutting hair. If there was [a riot] it was a response to what the police were doing,” he said.
Obviously, no human being has the right to tell another human being what the length of their hair should be, or what flag they are allowed to posses. This type of human relationship, where certain groups of people order others around under the threat of violence, must stop. This exists in varying degrees all across the world, from Indonesia to America, and should be opposed wherever it appears, especially in extreme cases like this.
Sources:
[1] Indonesian police open fire on civilians in West Papua – Guardian
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