ɪn fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪv, hiː sˈʌfɚd ɐ stɹˈoʊk ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, hiː ɪz ˈɔːlsoʊ fˈɪɹfəl ʌv ɹᵻtˈɜːnɪŋ tə wˈɛst pˈæpjuːə ˈæftɚɹ ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv dˈɛθ θɹˈɛts ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː.
In February 2005, he suffered a stroke in New York, he is also fearful of returning to West Papua after a series of death threats in 2003.