25 Papuans grilled over hoisting of `Morning Star` flag

"Police will have to process them on the basis of the law prevailing in the country," he said through a phone interview.

Meanwhile, the Mimika District Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Godhelp C Mansnembra could not yet be reached.

However, the situation in Timika, the capital of Mimiki district, remains conducive. Police and military personnel are seen on guard in some areas including in the Timika Indah Field, Eme Neme Yauware House, Mimika Legislative Assembly building, Mulia Mini Mall and some main streets in the city.

The Morning Star flag represented the territory of West New Guinea from 1st December 1961 until 1st October 1962 when the territory came under administration of the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA).