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Lawamena
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Reports
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CRISIS
CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 ( Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
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THE
SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 318
2002-09-13
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Ambon,
September 13, 2002
1. VISIT BY SUPREME POLICE COMMANDER National Supreme
Police Commander (Kapolri) Dai Bachtiar paid a brief visit to
Ambon on Thursday, September 12. He acknowledged to the newsmedia
that the fact that not any of those guilty of all recent misdeeds
can be located, clearly shows lack of synergy among the
intelligence personnel. Several high ranking police personnel that
seem to feel wearied having served in Ambon for a long time
already, will before long be replaced, he said.
He further said that on national level an intelligence analysis is
underway to explore on any possible connection between the
conflicts in Aceh, Posso, the Moluccas and Papua. In this context,
probably influenced by one-sided information, he called the
Moluccas conflict a case of separatist aspirations.
During the afternoon, on his way back to the airport, Dai
Bachtiar paid a brief visit to the Mobile Brigade headquarters at
Tantui, at the eastern end of the city of Ambon. On June 21, 2000,
this complex was destroyed (see Reports 1 and 2). However for the
larger part it has been rebuild now. Passing through Passo he
stopped by at the police training centre there.
2. INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON THE KULUR CASE Following
the killing of two children and a young women on the beach of
Kulur by gunfire on September 8, 2002, police investigators have
found at the site 20 standard military bullet cartridges of four
different kinds of rifles. However, Moluccas Police chief Sunarko
could not ascertain that indeed these standard military rifles had
been used by the killers. He further said that the shooting had
taken place about 400 meters from a security post where Mobile
Brigade police personnel were stationed. However, when together
with a number of Kulur residents they arrived at the shooting
site, the assailants had already fled into the nearby forest.
Meanwhile according to Siwalima local newspaper the
Kulur Association at Ambon went up to Police Chief Sunarko asking
for replacing the actual police personnel at Kulur by fresh
troops.
3. LATUPATI DENY SUPPORTING ANY CANDIDATE In our Report
314 (September 6, 2002) we said that the Latupati (gathering of
regional adat elders) had opted for Ir.Dr. M.Saleh Latuconsina to
govern the Province of the Moluccas for a second term. However, a
significant number of village chiefs of Ambon and the neighbouring
Lease Islands now deny to have opted for any candidate for this
office. The newsmedia they said had been misled by a
gathering that unjustly pretended to represent the local adat
chiefs.
Up to now ten names have emerged of possible candidates for this
office.
C.J.Bφhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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