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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. 264
2002-04-19
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1. ALEX MANUPUTTY ADMONISHES HIS FOLLOWERS –
When in the afternoon of last April 17, FKM leader Alex Manuputty
was detained to be interrrogated on any separatist aspirations and
planned actions, he was allowed to address the several hundreds of
young sympathizers that had gathered outside the Police
Headquarters were he was being confined. According to Paulien
Joel-Parera’s report he said: “My dear and beloved brothers,
young Moluccans! I am grateful to the Lord that you remain
faithful, being one great nation, if only this nation has its
leaders in high esteem. No strive goes without sacrifice. All
strive means sacrifice. I remind you of the first USA
President’s struggle; he said that freedom does not come by
itself. So we must strive, strive and strive. It is like at
school: there, too, we must strive to attain our goals. That is
why I fight in a moral way. You have already uttered your emotion
in a decent and acceptable way and by your singing you have
praised the Lord. Indeed without the Lord all efforts are in vain.
He that sows in tears, will harvest in joy. After I have finished
talking to you, please go home quietly. As for me, I am sound and
safe; my safety is guaranteed by the Police Commander and all of
his men. You may come back tomorrow in a polite way. Show
yourselves as brothers with high moral attitude and do not do
anything that leads to anarchy, do not do anything against the
law”.
Indeed the following morning many gathered again around the Police
Headquarters. It was only when in the afternoon at last Alex
Manuputty was released, that they broke up quietly.
2. CRIMINALITY (CORRECTION) – On April 17 (Report 262) we
reported the murder on four persons near the Amans hotel. This
report was based on widely spread gossip, but now has proved to be
incorrect. According to “Siwalima” daily, confirmed by police
officials, not any murders have taken place there lately. It is
thought that this rumour was spread by provocateurs in order to
discourage Muslims and Christians from socializing at the
vendors’ site.
C.J.Böhm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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