Kelly Kwalik

Kelly Kwalik (1955 – December 16, 2009) was a senior separatist leader and military commander with the Free Papua Movement (OPM), a separatist organization based in Indonesia's Papua Province.

Papua conflict

Kwalik, a known separatist, had been on Indonesia's most wanted list for years. Indonesian police had accused Kwalik of being responsible for a series of shooting incidents and attacks targeting the United States mining company, Freeport-McMoRan, which operates large copper and gold mines on Papua Province.

Death On December 16, 2009, Kwalik was shot in a police raid on one of his hideouts in the Gorong-Gorong neighborhood of Timika. His coffin was draped in a Morning Star flag but police rejected a request by Kwalik's family and supporters to fly the banned flag at his funeral.

According to , the leader of the OPM/TPNPB Intan Jaya faction, and Sebby Sambom, the spokesperson of OPM, after killing Joni Botak, the leader of the OPM/TPNPB Kalikopi faction, and Olem Uamang, his adjutant in 2023, both were Indonesian spies who were involved in the death of Kelly Kwalik.