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WEST PAPUA: Human rights groups fear militia leader

Eurico Guterres, a notorious East Timorese militia leader, has formed the militia group Laskar Merah Putih, or Red and White Warriors, in the mining town of Timika. A Papuan human rights group says Guterres might have the support of either the central government in Jakarta or local militias to intimidate Papuans who oppose their province being split.