HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 _ Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: compro@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, September 27, 2000 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 65 Newspaper Suara Maluku reports that as a result of the attacks on the village of Suli (see Report 62 no.1), some fifty houses were burned down and four christians were injured. On our Report 64 no.4 have to be made some corrections: After post-mortem examination on the body of Betty Leinata, the nurse who was killed in Sahuru, it was reported by the responsible physician of the hospital in Kudamati, that there was no apparent indication that Betty was sexually molested before being murdered. Neither was there any mentioning of her body being cut into pieces. She apparently had been shot and her right shoulder had been cut. Mesak and Heri Kastanya are not father and son, but brothers. Mesak was killed and burned together with his autocar when fleeing, whereas Heri is either missing or has saved himself by swimming to the nearby village of Riang. The attack on Hative Besar resulted in large-scale burning of the place. Total number of victims on christian side: 8 or 9 killed, 17 injured. With priority for women, children and elderly people, about two thousand of the residents of Hative Besar were taken to safety to Benteng (town of Ambon) on the opposite shore of the bay. Meanwhile in this way the christians living area is more and more reduced, without anybody seeming to be able to stop the muslim expansion. The muslims will also probably not have much difficulty to proceed to nearby Laha airport, thus controlling in and outgoing traffic by sea and by air. CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA, Msgr Jos Tethool MSC, Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina C.J.Böhm MSC, Secretary   CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 _ Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: compro@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, September 26, 2000 (2nd report today, 9.00 p.m.) THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report no. 64 At the end of Muslim interpretation in our Report 63 no. 4, we forgot to mention that the complete text in Indonesian ended with: Copyright © Laskar Jihad. The Tim Pengacara Gereja (“Church Spokes-Team”) was established last year by the official Moluccan Protestant Church [GPM] and the Diocese of Amboina, and acknowledged by all christian churches of the Moluccas, to speak forth in the name of the christians of the Moluccas and Norht Moluccas. On September 22 this team sent an urgent letter to the President of Indonesia, to the Secretary General of the UN and to numerous other prominent persons and institutions worldwide, providing a clarification of the incidents since the provocative lecture of the jihad chief commander, Jafar Umar Thalib in the Al-Fatah Mosque on September 3rd, most of which we already reported on earlier. The request: To dispatch UN military forces in order to put an end to the conflict in the Moluccas. It is not needed to lift the embargo on spareparts in order to be able to oust the laskar jihad out of the Moluccas. The reason is that up to now the laskar jihad unhindered come and go as they wish using governmental travel facilities. Their presence in the Moluccas and North Moluccas is even sanctioned by the government. The laskar jihad to be ousted either on their own accord or to be shot anywhere they are roaming about. Various international forums, including the UN Security Council and the UN General Assemblee, to discuss the conflict in the Moluccas and their wish to decide themselves on their destiny. To bring Prof.Dr. Amein Rais, chairman of the national Legislative Council (MPR-RI) to justice. Likewise several military and police high officials who are involved in and responsible for the conflict in the Moluccas and the North Moluccas. The letter was signed by Semmy Waileruny SH, Simon Noya SH and Buganata Yunus SH. (SH = Sarjana Hukum = Lawyer) representing the Tim Pengacara Gereja. 3.The mourning of the christians and their abstinence from daily work was kept up the whole day long. All of the schools, offices and shops were closed. There were hardly any minibuses or becaks on the streets. Neither were there newspapers. 4.Masariku network (http://www.egroups.com/group/masariku) reports on the conflict situation up to 4.00 p.m. as follows (summary): The laskar jihad succeeded in conquering several areas between Poka and Hative Besar. Starting at Wayame they proceeded to Wailete and Sahuru (which is part of wide-spread agglomeration of Hative Besar).. It is reported that security forces that guard the Pertamina fuelDepôt did not obstruct the attackers to pass by on their expedition to Wailete. At Wailete all christian houses were burned down. Thereupon, with the assistance of military Zipur forces they moved on to Sahuru. It was reported that in Sahuru a nurse on duty, Betty Leinata, was molested (raped) and subsequently killed in a grievous way; her body was found cut into pieces. A father and son, Mesak and Heri Kastanya were reported to be murdered and subsequently burned. Meanwhile the attacking muslims are being halted by christian civilians from Hative Besar (Hative Besar consists of four villages: Sahuru, Batulubang, Latta and Masisili). Total number of christians killed: eight, wounded also eight persons. Those killed are: Nus Tarumaseli, Mesak Kastanya, Heri Kastanya, Nansy Hendriks, Poli Silvera, Betty Leinata, Karlo Warloka and Alfred Redrikus. Today the village of Suli was attacked for the second time. There was launching of mortirs and bombs towards the Ambon christian neignhbourhood of Karang Panjang and the nearby christian village of Galala. CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA, Msgr Jos Tethool MSC, Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina C.J.Böhm MSC, Secretary   Received via e-mail from : CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Copyright © 1999-2000  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/ambon67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com