JAKARTA – Security forces are on alert across Papua following the arrest of newly retired governor Lukus Enembe on charges of embezzling billions of rupiah from the provincial budget, the culmination of a politically sensitive investigation that has dragged on since 2017.

    Enembe, a member of the majority Dani tribe and the first Papuan highlander to fill the post, was taken into custody at a restaurant outside the provincial capital of Jayapura on January 10 before being flown to Jakarta aboard a chartered aircraft.

    Police fired teargas to disperse a mob of rock-throwing supporters who converged on the paramilitary Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters and the Sentani airport, west of Jayapura, but the protest appeared half-hearted.



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