AN urgent complaint was lodged with the United Nations yesterday over threats made by the Indonesian state after a provisional government was formed in West Papua earlier this month.

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) leader Benny Wenda was elected interim president of of the disputed territory’s government-in-waiting, which was announced on December 1.

But he has been targeted by Indonesian state officials, including the head of the military, the deputy police chief and the speaker of parliament, who described his actions as “treasonous.”