Indonesian security forces have detained a Polish man in the troubled Papua region on suspicion of links to separatists. A military report also seen by AP said he was detained several days ago in Papua province following the arrests of five Papuans who had a quantity of ammunition. Kawer, who visited Skrzypski on behalf of the Association of Human Rights Lawyers for Papua, said he doesn't have formal legal representation. Indonesia restricts foreign journalists from entering its two easternmost provinces, Papua and West Papua, where a pro-independence insurgency has simmered for decades. A Polish Embassy official, Igor Kaczmarczyk, said the mission has received "nonofficial information" about a Polish citizen's arrest.

Source: ABC News August 29, 2018 04:50 UTC