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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. 260
2002-04-13
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1. AMBON CLOSED TO FOREIGNERS – In connection
with the possibly precarious situation around next April 25th
(annual commemoration of the RMS Separatist Movement) the Governor
does not allow any foreigner to enter Ambon during the period
between 11 and 30 April 2002. There is a visibly growing tenseness
among the Christians in Ambon because of possible unwanted
confrontations around April 25th.
2. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CONFLICT ON SAPARUA –
Yesterday’s Suara Maluku daily paper provides the following
further information on the recent fight between the Christian
villages of Porto and Haria on the island of Saparua. Three people
(not four as we reported earlier) have been killed: one from Porto
and two from Haria. Twelve people have been injured. Apart from
the community building (Baileo) of Haria and the elementary school
building of Porto, a total of 44 residents’ houses have been
burned down. Fearing for renewed attacks by Haria, those from
Porto have fled into the woods or to neighbouring villages. The
conflict is a result of old mutual resentment in connection with
the exact borders of the grounds belonging to each of these
villages that lie close to one another. Another reason was the
conflict that arose last March 30 on occasion of a boat-race;
Haria then had protested against the Jury’s decision that Porto
had won the race. On that occasion several people had been
wounded.
3. VICTIM OF VIOLENCE – On April 11, in a well at the back of
Hotel Wijaya II – at the border of the Mardika and Batumerah
neighbourhoods – the body of Paulus Wattimena (72) was found. A
severe wound at his neck must have caused his death; after the
murder his body must have been thrown into the well.
4. THE GUBERNATORIAL BUILDING – Governor M.S.Latuconsina
declared that the burned-out Governor’s Office Building, which
was built in 1956, most probably cannot be rehabilitated. The
ruins will have to be pulled down, and a totally new building has
to be constructed. A rough estimation of the costs: some 30 to 40
billion rupiahs. The main Provincial services, which since the
burning were housed in the Public Works (PU) building at Mardika,
will move over to the recently restored PLN (electricity Company)
building on Diponegoro Street, opposite the Silo Church, not far
from the Pohon Pule Bridge.
C.J.Böhm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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