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Note to players: we are looking for a geographic and not a political region.After a 14-year-old in this region was beaten into a coma by a group of soldiers, military personnel fired on a resulting protest in the 2014 Bloody Paniai Incident. Benny Wenda advocates for a movement in this region that denounces the 1963 New York Agreement and a (-5[1])1969 plebiscite. Millions of amberi settled in this region during a 1980s transmigration program. A movement in this region, which uses the Morning Star flag, has carried out guerrilla attacks to stop the construction of a “Trans” [this region] Highway in its regency of (*) Nduga. This region’s TPNPB has held New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage since February 2023. This region’s OPM claims as illegitimate the Act of Free Choice that incorporated this region under Suharto. Independence from Indonesia has been sought by, for 10 points, what portion of a Melanesian island that is opposite the country that contains Port Moresby? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Western New Guinea [accept West ​​Papua; accept West Indonesian New Guinea; accept Indonesian Papua; accept West Papua New Guinea; accept Irian Jaya or Irian Barat; prompt on Papua or New Guinea; reject “Papua New Guinea”]
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