TNI Silent Operation Rescues 18 Freeport Workers from OPM

Freeport Workers ‍Rescued After Three Days‍ Trapped by Armed Group in Papua

Eighteen workers for PT Freeport Indonesia were rescued on ‍Saturday, January 10, 2026, after being trapped for ⁤three days by members⁢ of the⁢ Free Papua Movement (OPM), an ⁣armed separatist group,⁣ at Post Tower 270 in the Tembagapura district of Mimika Regency, Central ⁣Papua province.

Major ⁢General⁣ TNI Lucky Avianto, Commander of Operation Habema, confirmed the accomplished rescue. “This ​rescue operation was ⁣carried out ‍in extremely difficult terrain with ⁢a high level of threat and limited time as a ⁤crucial​ factor,”‌ Avianto stated ⁣in a press release from the ⁣Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI)‌ on ⁤Monday, January 12, 2026.