HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2000 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		Want to Help? CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: comamq@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, May 1, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 169 1. ALEX MANUPUTTY IN CUSTODY Yesterday morning FKM leader Dr. Alex Manuputty following the order to report to the Police for interrogation went up to the Police Headquarters at Batumeja, Ambon. Besides by some close FKM co-activists, he was also accompanied by about a thousand young sympathisants. It was only on arriving at the Police Headquarters that Manuputty was handed a letter of detention. The loudly singing crowd found the fence of the police compound closed to them, but seemed not to care and kept on cheering and singing national and religious hymns in a disciplined way. On red banners texts were written in white characters, with slogans as International Tribunal immediately to be held in the Moluccas / When will they stop to oppress us, the Alifuru people? / Non-Alifuru, get out of the Moluccas! etc. Chief Police Commander Firman Gani, having listened to an appeal, read by one of the grassroots leaders, Emang Nikijuluw, went in again without commentary or response. Before dissolving, prayer was said, led by Minister B.Pentury. Afterwards Firman Gani allowed the massmedia to interview him, his first interview after a silence of more than three months (since the Hotel Wijaya II incident). 2. APPEAL Summary of the appeal of the demonstrators, read by Emang Nikijuluw in presence of the Police Chief Commander: (1) Laskar Jihad and all non-Moluccans/Alifuru people to leave the Moluccas. (2) All Salam Sarani and Kakehan (muslim christian animis) to stop the enmity and killing, to re-unite in common Lawamena Haulala (go forward, do not fall back) and to fight all injustice which is happening right under people s eyes. Christian brothers, open your arms wide to accept your basudara salam (muslim brothers) . (3) International tribunal and dialogue to be held in order to end the suffering of the Moluccan people. (4) Political elite to shut their mouth and stop exploiting the people of the Moluccas for their own selfish purposes. (5) Let the Moluccans unhindered take care of their own problems. C.J.Böhm MSc, Secretary of Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Received via e-mail from : Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina Copyright © 1999-2001  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/maluku67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com