AUSTRALIAN academics, church leaders, businessmen and journalists have been targeted by Indonesia's military for their supposed support of independence in the troubled region of Papua, a cache of documents and intelligence reports from the elite special forces unit Kopassus reveals.
The 19 documents, dating from 2006 to 2009 and obtained by The Saturday Age, show Kopassus runs a vast network of spies and informants as part of its campaign to keep vice-like control of the region and monitors the activities of foreigners in the region and around the world.
As well as providing an insight into the deep paranoia of Kopassus and its interference in the daily lives of Papuans, the documents are also remarkable for the false assertions they contain.
A case in point is the inclusion of Naomi Robson (right) - the former tabloid current affairs host, now running an online dating service - on the list of ''foreign leaders in support of Free Papua''.
Her place on the list in the 2009 document entitled Anatomy of Papuan Separatism, along with four other journalists from Channel Seven, relates to her infamous trip to Papua in 2006 to rescue Wa-Wa, the six-year-old member of the Korowai tribe that still practises cannibalism. Read More>>www.theage.com.au - Indonesian special forces paranoid over Papua
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