Ambon,
May 10 , 2002
1.
VICTIMS OF THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN PORTO AND HARIA –
Evaluating the sad harvest of the recent conflict between the
Christian villages of Porto and Haria on the island of Saparua
we count four people killed, eleven wounded. Fourteen houses
have been destroyed by fire. Meanwhile the situation is fairly
under control now. The conflict was sparked by a quarrel
between schoolchildren.
2.
THE HARDSHIP OF SWEEPING – Sweeping is not always
easy. When in the evening of May 9th a suspiciously
behaving young man from the hamlet of Mamala, Mochtar Harun
(24), was approached by security forces in the village of
Telaga Kodok (halfway between Nania and Hitulama on the
Northern peninsula of Ambon island), he threw a home-made
grenade at these servicemen, however wounded a woman that
happened to be around. When he fled, he was shot in his leg
and could be arrested. Upon searching another grenade was
found on him together with a colt pistol and 49 bullets.
3.
COSTS OF REBUILDING THE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING – The
government in Jakarta will set apart 53 billion for a new
Governmental Office to be built in Ambon. This sum equals
about US$ 5,400,000.- or Eur 6.300.000,-
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
