Killed in a firefight (19 October 2025)
Credit: Ilustrasi editorial — bukan foto orang atau kejadian
Komandan TPNPB-OPM Kodap XV Ngalum Kupel (Kiwirok, Pegunungan Bintang) — tewas 19 Oktober 2025
Lamek Alepki Taplo
Commander of Kodap XV Ngalum Kupel, attributed with the attack on the Kiwirok health centre and the burning of nine schools in 2021; killed in a firefight in Kiwirok on 19 October 2025 along with three of his members.
Personal Dossier & Background
Date & Place of BirthNo public data on his date or place of birth; his age is never given. The earlier claim that he was born around 1982 in Kiwirok is unsupported and withdrawn.
Tribe & Regional OriginNgalum people, operating in Pegunungan Bintang regency (Kiwirok, Okhika, Oksop, Serambakon).
Family Background / ParentsFather and mother: no public data.
Educational BackgroundNo public data on his schooling. What is documented is his own account of having worked as a teacher, cited in a Drop Site News interview on 13 October 2025. The earlier claim about Kiwirok primary school and cross-border militia training is unsourced and withdrawn.
Position / RoleCommander of Kodap XV Ngalum Kupel (TPNPB-OPM) in the Pegunungan Bintang area.
Latest Legal StatusKilled in a firefight in Kiwirok on 19 October 2025, along with Ike Taplo (22), Nalson Uopmabin (17) and Benim Kalakmabin (20). Incidents attributed to him include the attack on the Kiwirok health centre and the killing of health worker Gabriela Meilani on 13 September 2021, the burning of nine schools in December 2021, and an attack on a Yonif 753 post on 25 September 2025.
Verification noteThis profile is separated from Ananias Ati Mimin, who now has a page of his own, because the two are different figures in different areas.
Dossier sourcesDrop Site News — wawancara dan latar belakang (13 Oktober 2025) · Pemberitaan kontak senjata Kiwirok (19 Oktober 2025) · Laporan penyerangan Puskesmas Kiwirok (2021)
Photographic Evidence of Crimes & Terror
Community clinic and primary school in Kiwirok burned to the ground by Lamek Taplo's group in September 2021.
Credit: Dokumentasi Terbuka / Satgas Penegakan HukumTrack Record of Crimes & Threats
- Executed the bloody assault in Kiwirok District (September 2021) resulting in the death of nurse Gabriella Meilani and injuries to multiple female healthcare workers.
- Burned Kiwirok Community Health Center, elementary school building, Bank Papua branch office, traditional market, and residences of teachers and nurses.
- Fired upon civilian pioneer aircraft transporting public supplies and committed arson against public facilities in Oksibil.
Documented Losses & Civilian Damage
Fatalities: 1 healthcare worker killed, dozens of medical staff and teachers injured/traumatized, multiple security personnel killed.
Displacement: Hundreds of civilians, teachers, and medical staff evacuated from Kiwirok to Jayapura and Oksibil; local healthcare crippled for months.
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