Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) prohibits traditional border crossers from Indonesia entered its territory. The reason, Traditional Border Crossing Card (TBC) are used by the traditional border crossers considered no longer valid.
Described Indonesian Consulate in Vanimo, Jahar Gultom, the PNG government has decided border crossers card validity period is only until March 18, 2013.
"So the PNG border officers at the border post Skouw Wutung Jayapura prohibit citizens from cross-border cardholder Indonesia to PNG," says Jahar, Wednesday, April 25, 2013.
Jahar deplore the PNG government policy. According to him, Indonesia and PNG citizens living in the border region have kinship, kinship culture that knows no national boundaries.
According Gultom, it had coordinated with administrators border Vanimo, Moses Poi. However, according to Moses, before the signing of a new agreement between the Indonesian government and the PNG government, the traditional border crossers cardholder TB of Indonesia banned from PNG.
"They banned Indonesian citizens entering its territory. But instead, requested that Indonesia allow cardholders tuberculosis PNG citizens to enter Indonesia for gardening and shopping. Obviously it's not fair," he said.
Because the PNG government policies do not impose border crossers card, the Indonesian government, says Jahar, will also do the same. "The Indonesian government also prohibits the use of PNG citizens crossing borders card into Indonesian territory," he said.
According Jahar, with the ban, which could be passed in the two countries that have only passport.
Based on the basic agreement between the Governments of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on Settings-Setting Border dated March 18, 2003, border crossers card is valid until March 18, 2013.
Jahar Gultom express a visit to the border Skouw-Wutung 23 April 2013, to meet with some traders at the border, border officials hope that soon made a new agreement that traditional border crossers in both countries visit each other again.
"There are concerns would arise events that are not desirable when the two countries did not immediately make a new basic agreement. Given PNG citizens may also have land rights in Papua," he explained.
In the MPR group meetings that led Vice Chairman Arman Farhad Hamid with people who are borderline Skouw 18 April 2013, also revealed that the grounds have customary rights in Indonesia, PNG citizens can do anything in territories Skouw.
"They feel are holders of customary rights in the territory of Indonesia. Residents PNG could have done things that are not desirable, they are often much less during this time beating local residents in Skouw," said Tribal Council Secretary Border Muara Tami Hanock Rollo.
Sources:
http://nasional.news.viva.co.id/news/read/407851-warga-indonesia-di-perbatasan-dilarang-ke-papua-nugini
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