Fiji, May 22 -- Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has called for Indonesia to be stripped of its Associate Membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and Dialogue Partner status in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) following recent killings in West Papua.

Wenda accused Indonesian security forces of escalating violence and intimidation against West Papuans.

"On behalf of the ULMWP and West Papuan people, I demand that Indonesia's Associate Membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and Dialogue Partner status in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) are immediately revoked," Wenda said in a statement.

He alleged that recent incidents in Timika and Intan Jaya involved explosi...