Dortheys Hiyo Eluay was an Indonesian local politician from Irian Jaya turned West Papuan independence activist.
14 Facts About Theys Eluay
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Theys Eluay was murdered by members of the Indonesian Army special forces command.
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Theys Eluay went to the Jongensvervolgschool in Yoka, a boarding school, led by the Dutch missionary Izaak Samuel Kijne.
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Theys Eluay became an "ondoafi", a traditional leader of a village.
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Theys Eluay helped the Indonesian army and police to find Papuans who were anti-Indonesian.
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In 1969 Theys Eluay was one of those few Papuans selected to take part in the UN-supervised Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat or PEPERA, which unanimously voted for integration with Indonesia.
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In 1999 Theys Eluay was elected at the Great Consultation in Sentani as the chairman of the Papua Presidium Council.
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Theys Eluay began calling himself Pimpinan Besar Bangsa Papua, the Great Leader of the Papuan People, and he appeared almost daily in the papers.
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Theys Eluay organized young Papuans in the Satgas Papua and had them trained.
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Theys Eluay initiated the Posko Papua, established at the entrance of many villages to control who would go in or out of the village, to prevent provocators, to create a situation of violent conflict as in neighbouring Ambon.
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On 26 September 2001 Theys Eluay approached officially the consultation of leaders of Papua Province to ask for the reasons for the killing of Willem Onde, a Papuan community leader, on 14 September in Merauke.
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Theys Eluay was buried without his heart, as the police told the public it had sent it in a box to Jakarta to a forensic laboratory to look for evidence that Theys had died from a stroke.
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Theys Eluay was buried on a soccer field his family owns in Sentani, close to Sentani International Airport.
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Theys Eluay was succeeded as chairman of the PDP by Thom Beanal, his deputy.