---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, 27 April 2000 CHIEF OF IRIANESE SEPARATIST GROUP SHOT DEAD Jayapura, Irian Jaya, April 27 (ANTARA) - Chief of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM), Hans Bomay, was killed Tuesday in a gunfight with the rival faction led by Mathias Wenda, near Bewani Valley in Papua New Guinea, a military officer has said. Bomay died while being rushed to a hospital in Vanimo, capital of Sandaun province in Papua New Guinea, chief of the Trikora regional military command, Maj Gen Albert Inkiriwang, said Thursday, quoting an official of the Indonesian embassy in Port Moresby. Irian Jaya, Indonesia`s easternmost province, shares a border with Papua New Guinea. Inkiriwang said he did not know the cause of the clash between the two rival factions of the organization whose headquarters is located in Bewani Valley. Despite the clash, the security situation along the border is quite safe, he said. "The border situation is relatively safe despite the gunfight between the two rival camps of the OPM in Papua New Guinea," he said. (JPR-03/NN01/12:36/icl/13:52) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 1 May 2000 jam 05:27:15 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
