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Lawamena
Victoria
Reports
by
CRISIS
CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 ( Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
e-mail [email protected]
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THE
SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 309
2002-08-14
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Ambon,
August 14, 2002
1.
AGAIN VICTIMS OF LAND MINES – Two soldiers from the Armed-2
battalion tripped on a land mine, while on August 11 they were
trying to find Pieter Joseph (30), who was missing in the woods
near Galala, east of the city Ambon. They were seriously wounded.
One of them had to have one of his legs amputated. P.Joseph’s
corpse was found the following day: he, too, had stepped on a land
mine. Several days earlier a civilian from Lahanai was seriously
injured when he stepped on a land mine in the Karang Panjang area.
Another became victim of a land mine not far from the village of
Soya. On August 12 M.Tahitu (35) from Passo became victim of a
land mine in the woods between Nania and Negeri Lama; his left leg
had to be severed. People are wondering whether these mines might
only recently have been placed, since the accidents happened along
not unfrequently trodden paths. All of these land mines were
homemade.
2. VICTIM IN THE NORTH MOLUCCAS – People in the North-Halmahera
areas of Tobelo and Galela still live in terror. When on August 8
Simon Laike (65) from the village of Duma was tending to his
coconut plantation, he was shot dead by an unknown person.
3. DISCIPLINING THE MILITARY – In the wake of several
cases of insubordination of military servicemen, military chief
commander Major General Djoko Santoso has ordered sweeping by the
military police on weaponry also towards military servicemen:
whether they can identify themseleves as such and whether they
carry only the weapons they are supposed to.
4. LATEST INFO FOR DUTCH MOLUCCANS – Paulien Joel-Parera
reports that for Dutch Moluccans there can be made an exception on
the general ban on foreigners to enter Ambon, under the following
conditions:
(1) Submitting request, stating purpose of visit, place to stay
and duration of stay, readiness to comply strictly with the civil
emergency regulations;
(2) Written declaration of the relatives in Ambon stating that
they guarantee responsibility;
(3) Photocopy passport and visum;
(4) 2 x Passport Photo in colour, 4x6 cm.
All of this to be sent to the relatives in Ambon, who will submit
it at the local civil emergency administration.
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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