Jayapura, Jubi – Five members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) lost their lives in an encounter with the Dai Cartenz Task Force in Modusit Village, Serambakon District, Bintang Mountains Regency. They were ambushed on Saturday, September 30, 2023.
According to the Head of Operation Cartenz Peace Task Force 2023, Sr. Comr. Faizal Ramadhani, one of the five was the leader of the group. From the examination of the five bodies, it was revealed that Otobius Bidana Mimin (38) was a field commander within the TPNPB group under the leadership of Ananias Ati Mimin, said Ramadhani in a WhatsApp message to Jubi on Tuesday, October 3.
“One of them was the field commander. Otobius Mimin served as the Pemerasta Battalion Commander,” Ramadhani said.
“After completing the evacuation and identification process, the five bodies were promptly handed over to the Bintang Mountains Administration for their burial,” he further explained.
The bodies were transported from Modusit Village to Oksibil on Tuesday morning and were subsequently buried at the Okpol Public Cemetery.
The spokesperson of Cartenz Peace Task Force 2023, Adj. Sr. Comr. Bayu Suseno, noted that the identities of the five TPNPB members were consistent with the information provided.
“Based on the data we obtained, TPNPB had disclosed the identities of the five members who lost their lives during the encounter in the Bintang Mountains,” Suseno stated.
He further elaborated on the identities of the five bodies, which included Otobius Bidana Mimin (Pemerasta Battalion Commander), Neas Ati Mimin (Deputy Head of Kodap Intelligence), Otto Kasipka, Alexs Lepki, and Tarkus Akmer. (*)
