A recent “People’s Congress” in Irian Jaya resolved to seek independence from Indonesia which annexed the territory in the early 1960s. Dr Greg Poulgrain explains why the West Papuans are so determined to go and what this means for Jakarta.The Papuan People’s Congress has declared unilaterally that Irian Jaya/West Papua is no longer part of Indonesia. This defiance was the finale of an historic seven-day conference in Jayapura that ended Sunday June 4 and brought a stern warning from the…
