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In the time of Papuan independence, the Papuan flag and the Dutch flag raised together

The transition took place when UN came and the Dutch left Papua. The Dutch flag was brought down, only the Papuan and UN flag were flying

Then Indonesia came as the new ruler, the Papuan flag was never raised again until now

So we knew that the Ducth was hesitant, the dutch wanted to grant the independence for the people in Papua.

But the Papua people cannot acknowledge this secret.

Then the Dutch is forced to give the Independence to the Papuan

The Dutch gave the Independence to Papuan but that was not aired on Radio Republic of Indonesia

that is why i have been given a mandate to read the PEPERA text that is crucial in determining Papuan's destiny

in a month i was trained to read day and night

as I read the PEPERA text there were no mistake allowed because the text is handwriting

on 14th July 1969, i had to read it

The illeterate people in Papua were only given the stamp by the leader of the village

we have accutomed to rule the country with the tradition that has existed since the day we were born.

Our anchestors could make it, we are big nation, we should not let the small island rule us.

At that time, they had seen many Papuan people in PEPERA incident.

The Army were so strict so the people were afraid of doing anything.

There were a lot of soldiers patrolling the streets, and the people were scared to step out of house

they did not do anything what they supposed to do, and the very first thing i heard, Indonesia finally took over the Papua Island

no matter the Papuan's desire, the most important was we took over the Island

that's the main goal because in my point of view PEPERA was illegal and broken.

PEPERA agreement was decided but the older still suffered

For papuan there was no peace before all the native people were terminated

And when the troubles were solved, God created this island

Why many outsiders wanted to rule us yet so many of us were victimized

if i were grown up i would take back my rights

there are many younger generation in this island and they have the rights to be encouraged

becaus this problem discussed about us, we can have demonstration but we cannot brng bring our attribute through in

PEPERA was terminated and it was supported by England so Papua is free

for instance the people were killed and kidnapped by the violence during the PEPERA days

there were significant differences between the Dutch and Indonesia government, and we were very traumatic because of the military