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Theys Eluay (Dortheys Hiyo Eluay) was born on 3 November, 1937 in Sereh, Sentani, Dutch East Indies, is an Indonesian murder victim. Discover Theys Eluay's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

Popular As Dortheys Hiyo Eluay
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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 3 November, 1937
Birthday 3 November
Birthplace Sereh, Sentani, Dutch East Indies
Date of death 10 November, 2001
Died Place Muara Tami, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesia

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1937

Dortheys Hiyo Eluay (known as Theys Hiyo Eluay; 3 November 1937 – 10 November 2001) was an Indonesian local politician from Irian Jaya (currently Papua) turned West Papuan independence activist.

Known as the former leader of Papua Presidium Council, he was known as the community leader in West Papua region.

He was murdered by members of the Indonesian Army special forces command.

Theys was born in Sereh village in Sentani, in what was then Dutch East Indies part of New Guinea.

He went to the Jongensvervolgschool (post-primary education) in Yoka, a boarding school, led by the Dutch missionary Izaak Samuel Kijne.

After the JVS he followed a course in meteorology and worked then as a meteorological assistant.

He also became an "ondoafi", a traditional leader of a village.

1962

In 1962 Indonesia took over New Guinea from the Dutch.

Theys helped the Indonesian army and police to find Papuans who were anti-Indonesian.

This led to a great number of casualties in the Sentani area.

1963

The people who were invited had some link with the integration of Irian into Indonesia in 1963.

According to people present at the party, the commander of the Kopassus got his microphone and said loudly goodbye to Theys when he left at around 10 o'clock in the night.

"Goodbye to the Great Leader of the Papuans. Have a safe journey home!"

On that night he was killed by Kopassus officers, whom he had given a lift in his car on his way home.

A few days after the abduction and murder Kopassus soldiers were seen cleaning the place of the abduction in Skyline very thoroughly.

Theys was given a heroes funeral.

He was buried without his heart, as the police told the public it had sent it in a box to Jakarta to a forensic laboratory to look for evidence that Theys had died from a stroke.

The heart was never returned and no laboratory in Jakarta or Makassar knew anything of this request.

It was quite clear that Theys had died because of suffocation.

1969

In 1969 Theys was one of those few Papuans selected to take part in the UN-supervised Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat or PEPERA (dubbed Act of Free Choice by its detractors), which unanimously voted for integration with Indonesia.

He campaigned in favour for integration with Indonesia.

1971

In 1971 he became a member of the local legislature, Regional People's Representative Council of Irian Jaya Province, from Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo); in 1977 he moved to Golkar.

1980

In 1980 he joined the Papua Customary Deliberative Council (Lembaga Musyawarah Adat Papua) as a representative for the Sentani area, and later for the whole of Papua Province.

1990

In 1990 he became its chairman.

1996

From 1996 onwards the council became more political, while, with the increased political freedom after the downfall of President Suharto in 1998, the council really began to speak out openly about the political status of Papua and about the right of the Papuans to self-determination.

1999

In 1999 Theys was elected at the Great Consultation in Sentani (Mubes or Musyawarah Besar) as the chairman of the Papua Presidium Council (Presidium Dewan Papua PDP).

In setting up this organisation, he used funds provided by Wahid government, as well as from Indonesian military.

2000

In 2000, on the President Abdurrahman Wahid-supported Second Papua Congress in Jayapura, he was confirmed as leader of the PDP.

Tom Beanal, the Amungme leader was elected as his deputy.

He began calling himself Pimpinan Besar Bangsa Papua (PBBP), the Great Leader of the Papuan People, and he appeared almost daily in the papers.

He organized young Papuans in the Satgas Papua (Papua Task Force) and had them trained.

The Satgas Papua managed to establish, with success, order at large mass demonstrations and at the Mubes and the Papua Congress.

The Satgas were led by his son Boy Eluay.

Theys also initiated the Posko Papua (Papua Commanding Post), established at the entrance of many villages to control who would go in or out of the village, to prevent provocators, to create a situation of violent conflict as in neighbouring Ambon.

From his home in Sentani the Morning Star flag of independent Papua was being raised.

For these projects they have received generous financial support from Yorrys Raweyai, a papuan of chinese descent from Serui, deputy chairman of the Pemuda Pancasila, a pro-Suharto youth organisation, consisting of gangsters.

Although the apparent unchecked growth of Satgas Papua and sometimes funding for its activities was a part of counter-insurgency strategy of Indonesian security forces, in order to infiltrate and compromise and “turn” existing separatist groups, in addition to identify other covert independence networks and personalities.

2001

On 26 September 2001 Theys Eluay approached officially the consultation of leaders (including the army and police chiefs) of Papua Province to ask for the reasons for the killing of Willem Onde, a Papuan community leader, on 14 September in Merauke.

Willem Onde was, apparently, killed by the army or by Kopassus.

On 10 November 2001 Heroes Day was celebrated at the headquarters of Kopassus.