PAPUA: US Congressman angry over trip restrictions
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American Samoa's Congressman has written a letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, complaining about the way he was treated during a recent visit to Papua. Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, who chairs the Asia and Pacific subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee, was allowed to visit the province for three days earlier this month, after being denied permission to do so last July. He has been a vocal long-term critic of Indonesian rule over the mainly Melanesian western half of New Guinea. Faleomavaega says his movements were severely restricted, he wasn't allowed to visit the provincial capital, Jayapura, and ordinary Papuans were forcibly prevented from meeting him.
Presenter: Bruce Hill.
Speakers: Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, American Samoa's Congressman,
