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Ada Pelaku Pamer Senjata Api Manado, MS Aksi penganiayaan tiga wartawan asal Sulut di kawasan parkir CornerCafe, Kamis (25/10) pekan lalu ditengarai melibatkan oknum petugaspolisi. Dari penelusuran Media Sulut, satu diantara belasan pelaku pengeroyokan dinihari itu sempat mengeluarkan senjata api. "Ada satupelaku yang cabut pistol," aku Bryan Sondakh, wartawan media online Sulut yang ikut jadi korban. "Pelaku memukul kepala saya dengan gagangpistol itu," timpal Bryan. Akibat pukulan dengan gagang senjata api itu, Bryan terkapar denganluka sobek di bagian ubun-ubun kepala.Tak sampai disitu, Bryan lantas diinjak-injak beberapa pelaku lainnya hingga pingsan bersimbah darah. Dua rekan Bryan masing-masing wartawan media cetak lokal Sulut masing-masing Risky Pogaga dan Hendra Lumanauw bahkan lebih parah. Risky, wartawan biro Minahasa Utara (Minut)harian Media Sulut kinidirawat intensif di Rumah Sakit Siloam, Manado. Pukula

A statement issued by Pantau Foundation and Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) Jakarta (23 October 2012):- Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in West Papua. Oktovianus Pogau, a reporter with Suara Papua and a contributor to the Yayasan Pantau, was beaten by five policemen while trying to take pictures of police use of excessive violence against the KNPB demonstrators in front of the State University of Papua, Manokwari. Pogau had displayed his press card, but some police did not stop the beating. He sustained injuries to his face. The security forces had attempted to stop the rally but the KNPB activists went on with the demonstrations. In Jayapura, police dispersed thousands of demonstrators using the water cannon and tear gas. In Manokwari, five people were reportedly shot but it is still not clear their conditions. SEAPA's executive director Gayathry Venkiteswaran sa