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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. 325
2002-11-06
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Ambon, November 06, 2002
1.
FURTHER NEWS ON THE CAPSIZED MOTOR VESSEL – At 8.00 p.m. on
November 3, the motorboat “Masohi Star”left from Ambon on its
routine voyage to Masohi. However, after twenty minutes it
capsized and sunk. Five people were found drowned: two women (30
and 40 years old) and three children (2 and 3 years old). Of the
initially 140 persons that were taken to several hospitals, most
have returned home meanwhile, leaving 37 for further treatment in
the Military Hospital and the Al-Fatah Hospital. The harbour
authorities acknowledged that besides the 104 passengers in
possession of a ticket, another 50 passengers had forcibly boarded
the ship. They further said that fifteen people are still missing.
However, it is said that the total number of passengers exceeded
300, and today’s Muslim “Ambon Expres” newspaper says that
63 are still trapped inside the vessel on the bottom of the sea.
For two hours the captain had in vain tried to get the illegal
passengers off his ship, but had at last decided to take the risk
and set sail.
2. VISIT BY MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS – The Minister of
Home Affairs, Hari Sabarno, came to Ambon yesterday for a
“routine” visit, as he declared to the local mass media. All
Provinces are being visited now by Cabinet Ministers, he said, in
a Government Consolidation endeavour. As the Minister of Home
Affairs, he happens to be the one that will appoint the person
that will be the caretaking governor, starting on November 12,
when Latuconsina’s term will have ended. He admonished the
Provincial House of Representatives quickly to compose their list
of conditions that will apply to any candidate for this temporary
office. But in this Civil Emergency situation he himself is the
only one to choose and appoint the caretaker, even for indefinite
time, until the situation is safe enough for a free election of a
new governor. The Minister returned to Jakarta today.
3. SPMM RADIO SILENT – The local illegal and provocative
Radio Station SPMM (Suara Perjuangan Muslim Maluku = Voice of the
Moluccas Muslim Struggle) has been silent since the Laskar Jihad
left Ambon some weeks ago.
4. INFORMATION FOR DUTCH MOLUCCANS – We advise Dutch
Moluccans that want to come to the Moluccas for family visits, to
get in contact with Mrs. Paulien Joel-Pareira in Ambon: Tel
0062-911-314285 or [email protected] in order to be
informed on the conditions that have to be fulfilled to obtain an
entry permit from the Civil Emergency Administrator at Ambon.
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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