JAKARTA: Indonesia's police chief said on Monday that authorities in the easternmost Papua region were regaining control after protesters set fire to tyres and torched a local parliament building over the recent detention of scores of Papuan students.
On Monday morning, Papuan protesters set fire to a parliament building and blocked streets in the provincial capital of West Papua, Manokwari, by burning tyres and tree branches, paralysing the town, Deputy Governor Mohamad Lakotani told Kompas TV. East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa in a televised statement said:"We apologise because this does not represent the voice of the people of East Java" and described the slur as"someone's personal outburst of emotion".
"It's been a while since I saw West Papuans this angry ...," Veronica Koman, a human rights lawyer who focuses on Papua, said on Twitter."The liberation movement is entering a new chapter."
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