Indonesia deploys 400 troops to Papua

By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo da Costa
Updated May 6 2021 - 7:19pm, first published 7:13pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered a crackdown on separatists in Papua.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered a crackdown on separatists in Papua.

Indonesia has deployed 400 more soldiers in the easternmost region of Papua, an army spokesman says, as an exiled separatist leader warned the military looked set to launch its biggest security operation in the area in decades.

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