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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 30, 2000 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report no. 69 A sum-up of the loss of physical facilities of the Catholic Church in the Moluccas and North Moluccas due to the unrest, since the conflict started in January 1999: 58 church buildings burned or destroyed, 39 schools, 1 orphanage, 4 Sisters' convents and 3 hospitals burned/destroyed, 1 pilgrimage centre destroyed. Since the catholics account for only 5% of the population of the Moluccas, whereas the protestant christians number about 45%, the loss of physical facilities among the protestants must be enormous. According to UN press release, four UN agencies have been present in the Moluccas since July 30, with their headquarters in the Government Office Building in Ambon. These are: § UNDP = United Nations Development Programme, § WFP = World Food Programme, § Unicef = United Nations Children's Fund, § OCHA = Office for the Coordination on Humaniatrian Affairs (arrived only recently). A deputation representing several islam organisations held a demonstration in front of the government office building yesterday morning requesting: (1) Infantery Colonel A.Siswanto, Section Commander of the A-region of Ambon, and Mr. Van Bulouw (Water Police) to be replaced, because of their repressive measures which damage the muslim community; (2) To carry out investigation on the shooting at the speedboat at Ouw, which had triggered the recent conflicts in Saparua and Ambon; (3) To investigate on the violation of human rights by christians on that fatal 19th of January 1999, the start of the conflict; (4) To take severe measures against those police servicemen who up to now have not reported yet to their units. They added that they very much agreed to the policy of the police and military chief commanders in their endeavours to put an end to the conflict by persuasive measures. The governor having listened to their list of requests, provided no answer but immediately returned into the building. 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/alifuru67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com