JAKARTA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesian prosecutors have demanded 10 years’ jail for a Polish man accused of having links to Papuan rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jakub Fabian Skrzypski was charged in August after meeting separatist fighters in the restive region, which has seen a decades-long insurgency over independence and Papuans’ share of its lucrative mineral wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors said the globetrotting Pole made contact with rebels to in order to spread information about their armed struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Today prosecutors demanded that Jakub receive 10 years in jail,” his lawyer Latifah Anum Siregar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papua shares a border with the nation of Papua New Guinea, just north of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skrzypski faces a range of charges, including of plotting to overthrow the Indonesian government and joining an outlawed rebel group, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was accused of meeting with leaders of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) and was found with documents and video detailing the Papuan struggle for independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities also said Skrzypski and his Indonesian co-defendant Simon Carlos Magal discussed sourcing arms from Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jakarta is deeply sensitive about its easternmost region, where sporadic fighting with central government forces has simmered for decades, and it routinely blames separatists for violence in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors on Thursday also demanded a decade in prison for Magal. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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