Death ride
p. 19 · Read in the full issue
Arnold Ap was in a party of five destined for execution by an Indonesian army death squad.
Ap and three others were shot on April 21, but a fifth man escaped and jumped off the military vehicle taking them to an execution site and escaped into the bush.
According to the source of this information, a letter in Indonesian received in Port Moresby, Ap was killed with Eduard Mofu, Augus Rumtuboi and Johanes Gento Rumainum. Mofu’s body was found on April 22 and Ap’s on April 26, the letter says. The other bodies have not been recovered.