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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. 329
2002-11-20
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Ambon, November 20, 2002
1.
BERTY LOUPATTY SURRENDERS According to information
provided on local TV this night by Moluccas Police Chief Bambang
Sutrisno, Berty Loupatty, leader of the notorious Christian Coker
gang, gave himself up yesterday at Police Head Quarters in
Jakarta. He had initially fled to Solo (Java) asking for advice or
protection by the LBH (Lembaga Bantuan Hukum = Institute for
assistance in matters of Law), who then advised him just to
surrender to the Police. Berty had been hunted for since fifteen
of his Coker comrades had been arrested last October 17 and have
been in detention at Police HQ, Jakarta since. The group is
suspected to have carried out a number of bomb explosions in Ambon.
Two others are still on the run.
2. FRAUD? It is no secret that much of the funds that
should be used to rebuild the Moluccas, to bring relief to the
refugees, to foster reconciliation etc., are misapplied and end up
in the wrong pockets. Thus it was only recently known that in
September 2001 the central government in Jakarta had allocated
thirty billion rupiahs (about US$ 3,300,000.-) as additional funds
for various kinds of needs in relation to the conflict in the
Moluccas, called contingency funds. However, it is still
unclear what projects they have been spent on.
C.J.Bφhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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