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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 20 augusT 2019

Protesters burn parliament building in Indonesia’s Papua

By LAODE MURSIDIN dows and burned some
Associated Press belongings, but security
MANOKWARI, Indone- forces were able to secure
sia (AP) — Thousands of the facility and the inci-
people in Indonesia’s West dent did not disturb airport
Papua province set fire to activities.
a local parliament build- Lakotani said the demon-
ing on Monday in a pro- stration in Manokwari was
test sparked by accusa- triggered by allegations
tions that security forces that police had arrested
had arrested and insulted and insulted dozens of
students from neighboring Papuan students in their
Papua province, officials dormitories in the East Java
said. city of Surabaya a day ear-
The angry mob torched lier.
the building and set fire to Police stormed the dormi-
cars and tires on several tories in Surabaya, Indone-
blocked roads leading to a sia’s second-largest city, on
seaport, shopping centers Sunday after Papuan stu-
and offices in Manokwari, dents staying there refused
the capital of West Papua People display banners that read “Stop intimidation and racism towards indigenous Papuans” to be questioned over al-
province, Vice Gov. Mo- during a protest in Manokwari, Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. legations that they had in-
hammad Lakotani said. Associated Press tentionally damaged the
“The city’s economy has national red-and-white
been paralyzed by the smoke billowing from the recent years, some Papua those in Papua. flag in the dormitory’s yard.
demonstrators,” Lakotani burning parliament build- students, including some Protesters also destroyed East Java police spokes-
said. “Negotiations be- ing. who study in other provinc- parts of an airport in So- man Frans Barung Man-
tween protesters and the An insurgency has sim- es, have become vocal in rong, another city in West gera said 43 students were
authorities are currently mered in Papua since the calling for self-determina- Papua province, local detained but released
underway to end the riots.” early 1960s, when Indone- tion for the province. police chief Mario Christy hours later after no evi-
Television footage showed sia annexed the region, a Residents of West Papua Siregar said. dence was found that they
orange flames and gray former Dutch colony. In are ethnically similar to He said rioters broke win- had damaged the flag.q

Judge postpones 2nd corruption trial of Malaysia’s former PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Najib’s first trial is midway linked to 1MDB.
(AP) — The second trial of through testifying and the Defense lawyers asked the
Malaysian’s ex-Prime Minis- case should end this week. judge to start the trial by
ter Najib Razak linked to the The first trial began in April Sept. 3 if the first trial can-
multibillion-dollar looting of on seven charges of crimi- not end this week and also
the 1MDB state investment nal breach of trust, corrup- to give them time to study
fund was delayed Monday tion and money laundering lengthy witness statements
by a week to allow his first related to 42 million ringgit they’d just received.
trial to end. ($10.1 million) that alleg- Sequerah insisted the trial,
Najib faces a total 42 edly went into Najib’s bank which should have started
charges of corruption, accounts from a former in August, should not be
abuse of power and mon- 1MDB subsidiary. further delayed. He said he
ey laundering in five sepa- High Court Judge Col- will review the date again
rate criminal cases brought lin Lawrence Sequerah on Thursday.
since his shocking election agreed to postpone the Najib set up 1MDB when
defeat last year. second trial until Aug. 26. he took power in 2009 to
Najib, 65, denies wrongdo- In the second trial, Najib promote economic de- In this June 18, 2019, file photo, former Malaysian Prime Minister
ing and accuses the new faces four counts of abus- velopment, but the fund Najib Razak walks into lift as he arrives at Kuala Lumpur High
government under Prime ing his power to receive amassed billions in debts Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Minister Mahathir Moham- a total of 2.3 billion ringgit and is being investigated in Associated Press
ad of seeking political ven- ($551 million) from 2011 to the U.S. and several other U.S. investigators say more 2014, including the money
geance. 2014, and 21 other charg- countries for alleged cross- than $4.5 billion was stolen that landed in Najib’s bank
Chief prosecutor Gopal Sri es of receiving, using and border embezzlement and from 1MDB by associates accounts.q
Ram said the last witness in transferring illicit funds money laundering. of Najib between 2009 and