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Occupation of airstrip continues after 2 weeks (29 May 2009)
Kompas - Members of the OPM are still in occupation of the airstrip in Kaisepo, Papua, and have been in occupation for two weeks already.

Armed group terrorize farmers in Papua (26 May 2009)
The Jakarta Post - An armed group is terrorizing farmers in the Tanah Hitam hills in Abepura, Papua.

Papua Police Send Elite Squad to Mamberamo (20 May 2009)
TEMPO Interactive - Papua police said on Tuesday (19/5) personnels from its elite squad have been sent to Mamberamo raya regency after a number members of Free Papua Organisation seized a village in the regency demanding their detained friends to be released.

Police allege OPM have occupied airfield (20 May 2009)
Kompas - For two days, members of the OPM have been occupying the airfield at Mamberamoraya.

Suspected Separatists Take Papua Air Strip (20 May 2009)
Jakarta Globe - Jayapura. Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Bagus Ekodanto said on Tuesday that suspected separatists had occupied an airport in the isolated village of Kasepo, Mambramo Raya, some 300 kilometers from the provincial capital Jayapura.