Police officials say people were massing in Eluay's hometown of Sentani, where they are awaiting the arrival of the independence leader's body. National police spokesman Brigadier General Saleh Saaf said from Jakarta that at least four companies of police and two of soldiers had been deployed in Sentani. They say locals, angered by the discovery of Eluay's body had torched several shops and buildings in the town.

Theys, who was undergoing a trial for his separatist campaign in a court in the West Papuan capital Jayapura, was found inside his Kijang car on the road near the border town of Skouw, an Antara reporter said.
Marks of wounds were found around his wrists and there was dry blood on his body and police and investigators were already on the scene, the reporter added.

Some of the car windows were shattered and the car appeared to have hit a tree and stopped 50 meter short of a ravine.

Theys was travelling from Jayapura to Sentani some 45 km away when he was abducted by a group of unidentified men on Saturday night (10 November). His driver, who was dumped by the kidnappers, reported the abduction to his wife, who in turn notified the police.

A friend of the family who was at his home said: "We got the news from the driver, Ari Masoka, who was crying as he phoned to say that they had been kidnapped by non-Papuans." When Theys' wife tried to contact her husband later on his mobile, the mobile had been switched off.
On Saturday afternoon, Theys attended a Hero's Day ceremony by the provincial government in Jayapura. He had apparently received a phone call from the Indonesian Special Forces headquarters (Kopassus) in Hamadi inviting him to attend the ceremony.

Shortly after the ceremony, Theys phoned his wife Yaneke Ohee to say that he was on his way home. "It was not long after that that the driver phoned to say they had been kidnapped in Skyline." Skyline is located between a ridge of high mountains and the sea coast and is a very deserted stretch of road.

Theys, the chairman of the Papuan Presidium Council, had been on trial along with three other presidium members, on charges of subversion.
They were accused of fanning separatist sentiments when they organised a massive congress in May-June last year in which they demanded a referendum for self determination for the people in Irian Jaya, or Papua as the territory is now unofficially called.

Although on trial, the four were not under police arrest. The court trial had been scheduled to resume on Monday.

The House of Representatives in Jakarta last month passed a new law granting sweeping autonomy for Papua. But many separatist leaders said the law was not enough and they insisted on independence from Jakarta.
According to TAPOL, "This criminal act, which is likely to have profound political repercussions in Papua, appears to have been deliberately perpetrated in order to plunge Papua into a state of confusion and unrest. The international community should take action to impress upon the Indonesian government to the need for an immediate investigation into the premeditated kidnap and
murder of Papua's foremost pro-independent figure.