Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) has encouraged Sorong Sub-Regional Police to arrest individuals who made death threats against journalists of Teropong News in Sorong., Papua in response to the news outlet's coverage of alleged illegal logging in the region.

Desmond Junaidi Mahesa, the member of DPR Commission III that oversees legal affairs, said that the police should have already made arrests, particularly as the faces of the perpetrators who stormed the Teropong News office and intimidated the journalists were clearly captured on video.

"I assume that if the police does not make arrests yet, the investigators may still be searching for evidence related to the criminal elements of the case since no murder has taken place," he said as quoted by Teropong News on Thursday (23/3/23).

Witnesses reported that the perpetrators not only demanded the removal of the illegal logging news, but also threatened to burn down the office and decapitate any journalists they encountered on the streets.

(my/af/hn/um)