Original sentence: The Netherlands recognized this national symbol on November 18, 1961.The flag is routinely flown by Papuans in shops and homes that are sufficiently insular from Indonesia soldiers and police, and is raised at nationalist demonstrations regularly.The flag of West Papua (the Indonesian province of Western New Guinea) consists of a red vertical band along the hoist side, with a white five-pointed star in the center.The similarity to the flag of the United States is intentional, and the similarity to the flag of Cuba is incidental, as Cuba's flag is also derivative of the United States
Edited sentence: The Netherlands recognized this national symbol on November 18, 1961, but the territory came under UN control in 1962 and passed to Indonesia in 1963.The flag is routinely flown by separatists in shops and homes that are sufficiently insular from Indonesia soldiers and police, and is raised at nationalist demonstrations regularly.The separatist flag of West Papua (western New Guinea) consists of a red vertical band along the hoist side, with a white five-pointed star in the center.The similarity to the flag of the United States is intentional, and the similarity to the flag of Cuba is incidental, as Cuba's flag is derivative of the United States