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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. 284
2002-05-14
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Ambon,
May 14, 2002
1.
THE DIPONEGORO INCIDENT After the confrontation
of the military versus some Muslims in the Diponegoro area during
the afternoon of Sunday, May 12, in which a soldier was wounded at
his thigh by a home-made bomb, security forces carried out
intensive sweeping in the area. Hereby one person, named Yuswan,
was shot dead when he refused to hand over a bomb he was holding
in his hand. Those that were arrested numbered eight people (not
seven as we reported earlier), varying in age from 18 to 31. Five
of them turned out to be Javanese; the other three are from Ambon.
Various weaponry was found on them, among other things 20
home-made bombs. They will be interrogated by the Joint
Investigation Team.
2.
MALINO DELEGATION MEMBERS THREATENED In the
evening of Sunday, May 12, the house of the leader of the Muslim
delegation to Malino, Thamrin Elly, which lies in the Kebun
Cengkeh area, was burned by an unidentified group of people.
Thamrin Elly excluded the possibility that his house was burned by
FKM/RMS people. He said his house was being protected by a
policeman, following earlier threats by Muslims that do not agree
with the Moluccas Agreement of Malino. Those that set fire to his
house he said numbered about ten masked people in black
outfit. His wife managed to escape with her two years old child to
a neighbours house, though chased by gunfire.
All
of the 35 members of the Muslim delegation to Malino are under
threat of being killed. Military chief commander Mustopo, in
cooperation with the police forces, now provides protection to
them according to capability. However, those members that have
their houses at rather far-off sites, have been advised to
evacuate to safer surroundings.
Another
reaction to the detention of the eight culprits was the burning of
a government owned speedboat in the early morning of Monday, May
13.
The
governor has urged to enforce the curfew more seriously.
3.
STANCE OF THE NU
Chairman of the influential NU (Nahdathul Ulama), Kyai Haji
Hasyim Muzadi, acknowledged that the conflict in the Moluccas will
not be solved as long as the FKM / RMS Movement is not bridled and
the Laskar Jihads stay on in the Moluccas.
C.J.Bφhm
msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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