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Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT
PFF, Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS
-- Pacific media watchdogs are keen to see closure and prosecution from
Indonesia's Police forces investigating the plane attack in Indonesia's
Papua province on Sunday 8 April, which killed 35 year old journalist
Leiron Kegoya.
Kegoya,
a journalist for the Papua Pos and Pasifik Pos Dail was on assignment
to cover local elections in the Papua provincial capital Jayapura, which
borders Papua New Guinea. He was a passenger in a small twin otter
plane touching down at Mulia Airport when the shooters opened fire on
the plane. He died from a bullet wound to his neck.
The
pilot, co-pilot and a mother and her 4-year-old son were injured in the
attack, which saw the aircraft veer off the runway and crash into the
terminal building.
"The
circumstances of this attack highlight the situation in which
journalists must do their work, and we join our colleagues in Indonesia
and the International Federation of Journalists, IFJ in urging police to
ensure the perpetrators behind this horrible act are brought to
justice," says PFF chair Titi Gabi, of Papua New Guinea.
"The
safety and security of civilians including journalists rests on the
ability of Police and law enforcers, and is especially critical during
election periods and when reporting from dangerous or unstable
locations."
"We
express condolences to the colleagues and family of Leiron Kegoya, and
ask that Papua's police and Indonesia's leadership ensure this
investigation not taper into silence, but that those responsible can be
identified and brought to justice," says PFF co chair Monica Miller of
American Samoa.
The Pacific Freedom Forum adds its solidarity to condemnation of the
attack from other media networks including the national Indonesia media
association, AJI, the International Federation of Journalists, IFJ, and
Reporters without Borders, RSF. -- ENDS
LINKS:
Jakarta Post: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/08/armed-gang-attacks-trigana-air-plane-papua.html
Radio NZ International: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=67390
Pacific Media Watch: http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/west-papua-rsf-protests-over-killing-journalist-airport-attack-7897Pacific Scoop: http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2012/04/indonesian-president-demands-quick-justice-in-west-papua-attack/
IFJ: http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/journalist-killed-in-indonesias-papua-province
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