Kopitua Heluka

Kopitua Heluka is identified as the Commander of Operations for the Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat Organisasi Papua Merdeka (TPNPB-OPM) in the Yahukimo region, and he claimed responsibility for the recent shooting of a plane in Boven Digoel, asserting that the attack was a response to non-Papuan pilots ignoring warnings to refrain from entering their designated conflict zones.