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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. 293
2002-06-04
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Ambon,
June 4, 2002
1.
HALMAHERA: MUSLIMS INVOLVED IN PROTESTANT SYNOD – The
principal Protestant Church of the large North Moluccas island of
Halmahera is the GMIH (Gereja Masehi Injili Halmahera =
Evangelical Messiah Church of Halmahera). This Church started
their six days’ quintennial Synod on June 1, 2002. The Muslim
MUI and somel Muslim organisations will play a significant role in
it by means of delivering several discourses.
2.
NINETEEN ADDITIONAL JUDGES – In order to cope with the
many still pending juridical processes, 19 additional judges will
immediately be sent to the Moluccas and North Moluccas. They will
be assigned in Tobelo and Soa-Siu (North Moluccas), in Masohi
(capital of the Central Moluccas, Seram) and in Ambon. The number
of judges that is dispatched to Ambon is three, thus bringing the
total number of judges in Ambon on six.
3.
POLITICAL STRIFE IN S.E.MOLUCCAS – For several months
already a turbulent competition is going on in Tual, the capital
of the “Kabupaten” (sub-province) of the South-East Moluccas,
encompassing the archipelagos of the Kei and Aru Islands. It is
about who is to become the “Bupati” (head) of this Kabupaten
for the period 2002-2007. Last May 30 a group of Heri Kudubun
supporters, while boarding the motorboat “Bintang Laut” at the
anchorage of Watdek/Tual, was attacked by supporters of Taher
Hanubun, resulting in a number of victims among the former: three
killed, eight wounded. This tragic event has no connection with
the Moluccas conflict, except that it may be proof of decreasing
respect for human lives.
4.
ELECTIONS IN THE CENTRAL MOLUCCAS – On June 3, 2002, the
Legislative Council of the Sub-Province of the Central Moluccas in
Masohi, elected the new Bupati and Vice Bupati for the Central
Moluccas: Ir. Abdullah Tuasikal and Ir. Imanuel Seipalla, both of
the Golkar Party. The election took place orderly and the result
was acknowledged chivalrously by the other parties.
5.
ENHANCING EFFECTIVITY OF COUNTERING UNREST – Some much
needed additional equipment which had been asked for by former
military chief commander Brig.Gen. Mustopo, recently arrived in
Ambon: apart from standard weaponry and explosives, the shipment
from Military HQ in Jakarta included mine-detectors, tear-gas and
two fire rescue vehicles.
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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