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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. 327
2002-11-08
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Ambon, November 12, 2002
1.
TENURE LATUCONSINA AS GOVERNOR EXTENDED Minister of Home
Affairs Hari Sabarno has assigned Governor Dr. M.Saleh Latuconsina
to continue his gubernatorial term for one month. During this
period the governor will not be allowed to issue a principle and
strategic policy. It is to expect that after a month a caretaker
governor will be appointed.
2. INJURED BY SNIPER Muhammad Latuconsina (45),
resident of the village of Pelauw, island of Haruku, was the
target of a sniper while he was gathering firewood not far from
his village in the morning of November 8. He was severely injured.
3. ACTIVITIES OF THE TPIN Though hardly noticeable,
nevertheless the National Independent Inquiry Team (TPIN) that
arrived in Ambon on July 10, 2002 (see Reports 299-300) is still
active in the Moluccas. According to The Jakarta Post daily, TPIN
chairman I Wayan Karya declared on November 8, 2002, that his team
meanwhile has listed all acts of violence perpetrated since the
start of the unrest in the Moluccas in January 1999 and has
interviewed a great number of persons that were in some way or
other involved in the violence. I Wayan Karya stated that the team
is still collecting additional information and evidence before
bringing the cases to court. A number of these cases allegedly
involve personnel of the military and police forces and also
members of the recently disbanded Laskar Jihad. He expects the
team to need another four months to complete its mission. (We
described this mission in our Report 295).
4. UNCERTAINTY ABOUT VICTIMS OF MASOHI STAR DISASTER
Last night a police spokesman said on local TV that the number of
people, trapped inside the ill-fated Masohi Star, now lying
on the bottom of the Ambon bay at 100 meters depth, are thought to
number 17 people. This information was based on reports by
relatives to the police. However, the newsbulletin of national
commercial TV SCTV reports that no fewer than 79 people are
missing; their bodies are probably inside the vessel. The navy has
no salvage material to recover a ship at this depth.
C.J.Bφhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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