Alex Sondegau (Intan Jaya)
Detainees- Gender
- Male
- Age group when first arrested
- 25-64 (adult)
- Date of arrest
- Oct 9, 2024
- Reason of arrest
- Accused of collaborating with armed groups
- Arrested by (Institution)
- Military
- Arrested by (Unit)
- Yonif 509/BY
- Type of violation
- Arbitrary Arrest
- Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
- Place of the first detention
- Pos Kotis Mamba Yonif 509/BY
- Concerns reported
- Arbitrary arrest
- Health
- Torture
- Current status
- Unknown
- Sources
Jubi.id 1 | Jubi.id 2 | Tribun Papua | HRM | TPNPB Spokeperson
- Additional description
TNI personnel arrested a man suspected of being a member of an armed group in Intan Jaya, 9 October 2024. The man, named Alex Sondegau, was arrested near the Yonif 509/BY Preparation Command Post in Kampung Mamba, Sugapa District, Intan Jaya.
The TPNPB spokesperson said that Alex was a civilian, not a TPNPB member, and was mentally ill. According to him, Alex had studied in Semarang but did not finish because he suffered from mental illness and was sent back to Papua.
On 18 October, several videos circulated of his family searching for his body. By the end of October 2024, there was no further news regarding Alex's legal proceedings. There were even allegations that Alex had been forcibly disappeared and/or murdered.
- Related detention facility
Latitude: -3.733282571522074
Longitude: 136.9807267398398
- Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
- Pos Kotis Mamba Yonif 509/BY
- Related event
- Arrests and Extrajudicial Executions in Mamba Village