West Papua National Liberation Army

West Papua National Liberation Army
Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat
Leaders
IdeologyPapuan nationalism
Anti-colonialism
Anti-imperialism
Part ofFree Papua Organization
Opponents Indonesia
Battles and warsPapua conflict
Designated as a terrorist group by Indonesia

The West Papua National Liberation Army (Indonesian: Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat; abbreviated as TPNPB), officially referred to in Indonesia as the Armed Criminal Group (Indonesian: Kelompok Kriminal Bersenjata,[1] abbreviated as KKB), and after 2021, Separatist Terrorist Group (Indonesian: Kelompok Separatis Teroris, abbreviated as KST[2]), is a Western New Guinean insurgent group in Indonesia. It is the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement.[3]

It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.[4]

  1. ^ "Ini Kata Menhan Soal Kelompok Kriminal Bersenjata di Papua" [This is what the Minister of Defense said about armed criminal groups in Papua]. Kemhan-go-id (in Indonesian). Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Label Teroris untuk KKB Papua Akhirnya Jadi Nyata" (in Indonesian). April 2021.
  3. ^ Strangio, Sebastian. "In Papua Fighting, Indonesian Forces Claim Rebel Commander Killed". The Diplomat. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ Perkasa, Vidhyandika Djati; Satria, Alif (7 May 2021). "Conflict Resolution in Papua and the Label of Terrorism". The Diplomat. Retrieved 8 May 2022.