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Nias Wakerkwa

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Additional description: Nias Wakerwka was arrested on 23 February with allegations of possession of firearms without permit and assaultin police officers which resulted in minor injuries. Nias Wakerkwa was arrested in Nabire by Satgas Operasi Damai Cartenz taskforce and has been detained in Nabire police station at the time of writing. He is represented by lawyers from the Talenta Keadilan Papua Nabire Legal Aid Institute, through whom a pre-trial request has been submitted on his behalf. It is reported that Nias Wakerkwa and Irinus Telenggen are victims of wrongful arrests. Oktavianus Tabuni, a legal representaive for the two individuals have stated that the arresting officers violated the code of conduct in which Nias Wakerwa was arrested on 23 February without an arrest warrant, his family only received a letter containing orders for the arrest of the accused on 28 February and a letter informing the transfer of detention for the accused on 3 March 2022. His pre-trial motion was set to be heard on 30 March with a decision to be made on 7 April 2022. Nias Wakerkwa is a farmer from Gome District in Puncak Regency, Papua Province.

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Latitude: -3.367208910956658

Longitude: 135.50018435839846

Related detention facility (linked Detainees): Polres Nabire
Lapas Kelas IIB Nabire

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