Jefri Wandikbo, an activist in the West Papua National Committee (Komisi Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB), was arrested on 7 June 2012 alongside Buchtar Tabuni and Assa Alua. The three men were reportedly on their way back from a meeting with the Papua Provincial Legislative Council, when they were stopped and searched by the police in a sweeping operation. Wandikbo was brought to the Jayapura Regional Police Station for interrogation when police found a cassowary bone dagger (a traditional Papuan tool) in his bag. According to Wandikbo, he had obtained the dagger at Sentani market to send to his parents in Wamena for household use. On 21 November 2012, Wandikbo was sentenced to 10 months in prison for possession of sharp weapons under Emergency Law 12/1951 for carrying the cassowary bone dagger in his bag at the time of his arrest.
Having arrested Wandikbo on the basis of the cassowary dagger, during interrogations at the Jayapura Regional Police Station, police then accused Wandikbo of being involved in the murder of a taxi driver in Waena on 22 May 2012, and tortured him in order to get him to confess to the crime. A report received from a local human rights activist alleges that Wandikbo’s hands and feet were crushed under the weight of a heavy table, he was stripped and his genitals were repeatedly stabbed with the end of a broomstick. Wandikbo was denied legal accompaniment during the interrogation, and was forced to sign the Police Investigation Report under threat of death if he refused.
Police claim that the alleged murder took place on 22 May 2012 in Waena, but Wandikbo claims that between 10 April 2012 and 30 May 2012 he was in Wamena, visiting his parents. On 19 December 2012, Wandikbo was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for the alleged murder under Articles 340 and 56 of the Indonesian Criminal Code and Law 8/1981. His lawyers first submitted an appeal to the High Court and following that a review of the decision the Supreme Court, but both were rejected.
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A report received from a local human rights source entitled “Yufry Wandikbo.” Jefri Wandikbo, seorang aktivis Komisi Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB) ditangkap pada 7 Juni 2012 bersama Buchtar Tabuni dan Assa Alua. Ketiga pria dilaporkan dalam perjalanan kembali dari pertemuan dengan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua apabila mereka dihentikan dan digeledah oleh polisi dalam operasi sweeping. Wandikbo dibawa ke Polres Jayapura untuk diinterogasi di mana polisi menemukan tulang kasuari, sebuahalat tradisional Papua, dalam tasnya. Menurut Wandikbo, ia telah memperoleh alat tersebut di pasar Sentani untuk dikirim ke orang tuanya di Wamena untuk penggunaan pribadi. Pada tanggal 21 Nopember 2012, Wandikbo dijatuhkan hukuman 10 bulan penjara karena memiliki senjata berdasarkan UU Darurat 12/1951 karena membawa tulang kasuari dalam tasnya pada saat penangkapan.
Selama interogasi di Polres Jayapura selepas penangkapannya, polisi kemudian menuduh Wandikbo atas keterlibatannya dalam pembunuhan seorang sopir ojek di Waena pada tanggal 22 Mei 2012. Dia juga disiksa di tahanan oleh polisi untuk mendapatkan pengakuan paksa darinya. Sebuah laporan yang diterima dari seorang aktivis HAM setempat menyatakan bahwa tangan dan kaki Wandikbo ditindih di bawah kaki meja yang berat. Dia dilaporkan ditelanjangi dan kemaluannya berulang kali ditusuk dengan hulu sapu. Wandikbo ditolak akses pengacara hukum selama masa interogasi dan dipaksa untuk menandatangani Berita Acara Pemeriksaan (BAP) dengan diancaman bunuh jika ia menolak.
Polisi menuduh Wandikbo melakukan pembunuhan pada tanggal 22 Mei 2012 di Waena, meskipunia menyatakan bahwa antara 10 April 2012 dan 30 Mei 2012, ia berada di Wamena mengunjungi orang tuanya. Pada tanggal 19 Desember 2012, Wandikbo dijatuhi hukuman delapan tahun penjara atas tuduhan pembunuhan berdasarkan Pasal 340 dan 56 KUHP dan UU 8/1981 Hukum Acara Pidana Indonesia. Para pengacaranya telah mengajukan banding ke Pengadilan Tinggi diikuti dengan pengajuan kasasi ke Mahkamah Agung tetapi keduanya ditolak.
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Laporan dari aktivis lokal dari laporan bernama “Yufry Wandikbo.”