Benny Giay (born 12 January 1955, in the village Onago, Waketei district, in what was then Netherlands New Guinea) is a theologian, a social anthropologist, and an activist, known for his activities in reconciliation to protect the rights of the Papuans of the Western, Indonesian controlled, part of New Guinea.
The design on the shield was in the form of the flag of former Netherlands New Guinea, the Morning Star flag.
He was badly injured in action in Dutch New Guinea, and spent the rest of the war in hospital before being discharged from the Armed Forces.
The ethnic diversity of Indonesia was previously discussed at two conferences in Malino and Pangkalpinang.
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