Willem Yekwam

Detainees
Affiliation
  • KNPB
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
28
Age group when first arrested
25-64 (adult)
Aug 18, 1995
Date of arrest
Jun 9, 2023
Place of origin
Tambrauw Regency
Occupation
  • Activist
  • Farmer
Reason of arrest
  • Affiliation with independence groups
  • Political activity
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Military
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Kodim 1810/Tambrauw
  • Polres Tambrauw
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of Freedom of Assembly
  • Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
Article(s) during arrest
  • Article 106 Criminal Code
Article(s) in indictment
  • Article 106 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
  • Article 110 (1) jo. Article 106 jo. Article 87 Criminal Code
Article(s) in prosecution
  • Article 106 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
Article(s) in verdict
  • Article 106 jo. Article 55 (1) Criminal Code
Final sentence
1-3 years
Exact sentence
3 years
Date of sentencing
Feb 28, 2024
Place of the first detention
Polres Tambrauw
Place of the second detention
Polres Sorong
Place of imprisonment
Lapas Kelas IIB Sorong
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Arbitrary detention
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Apr 8, 2025
Sources

TAPOL | Indoleft.org | Kompas.id | Suarapapua.com | Detik Sulsel 1 | Detik Sulsel 1 | Supreme Court Verdict Directory

Additional description

Joint security forces broke up the formation of the Tambrauw Branch of KNPB and arrested 19 people who attended the event led by KNPB Maybrat and Sorong Raya Secretary General Urbanus Kamat.

Three of them, namely Urbanus Kamat, Yeremiah Yesnath, and Wilem Yekwam, remained in custody and were named as suspects in the crime of treason. The other 16 were released after being questioned and asked to make a statement before local officials that they would not commit any further unlawful acts.

At the prosecution stage, the prosecutor demanded that Yekwam be sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -0.8047892662135144

Longitude: 132.4349319236181

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polres Tambrauw
Related event
  • Arrest after the inauguration of KNPB Tambrauw

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