PNG: Gov't closes border post due to violence by separatists
April 29, 2009
Papua authorities have decided to close down an immigration post at Skouw-Wutung on the country's border with Papua New Guinea, due to the province's deteriorating security situation, an official said on Tuesday.
"The immigration post will be reopened once security in the province improves," said Gusti Bagus, head of the legal sanction unit at the Papua Immigration Office in Jayapura, adding that the post was closed down on Monday morning.
According to Bagus, the shooting deaths of police in Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya district, and bomb attacks on the Abepura police station in the past two weeks have prompted authorities there to close down the Skouw-Wutung Immigration Office.
The Jakarta Globe
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