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2019-08-21 Down Under

Indonesia deploys troops to West Papua region as protests spread

[Aljazeera] Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia has deployed more troops to the restive West Papua, as demonstrations continue to spread to several communities in the region, with reports of injuries and more attacks that belie earlier assurances by the government that the unrest had been contained.

President Joko Widodo's top Security Minister, Wiranto, told reporters on Tuesday that Jakarta will deploy more troops to the region to anticipate protests on Wednesday, when demonstrators are expected to hold bigger rallies.

Wiranto did not say if the government deployed military or police officers. But a video obtained by Al Jazeera showed hundreds of military and police personnel arriving in Manokwari, where the most violent of protests first took place on Monday, leaving government buildings and business establishments burned to the ground.

Major General Sisriadi, a spokesman for Indonesia's armed forces, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the military has sent 300 troops to Manokwari.

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