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: compro@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, February 17, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 138 1. CASUALTY IN HALONG While collecting durian fruit not far from Halong Atas, East of the town of Ambon, Johni Saherlawan (32), a refugee from the island of Buru, was hit by a bullet and died. The shooting came supposedly from a group of moslems. Brief shooting between this group and local Marinir forces ensued. On several earlier occasions this area proved to be unsafe. Latest killings there according to Suara Maluku happened last January 11th, when four people were killed. 2. WEAPONRY CONFISCATED On Friday, February 16, the Combined Security Forces (Batalyon Infanteri Gabungan Yongab) forced its way into the house of an islam civilian named Hasan, in the Ambon neighbourhood of Tanah Lapang Kecil, commonly shortened to Talake . Besides 114 molotov cocktails, several hundreds of ammunition were found. Also one standard rifle, four home-made rifles and 5 home-made pistols were confiscated. Eight young men, aged between 13 and 35, were arrested. The ammunition was found in a case on which as the sender was written Yayasan Dana Sosial (YDSF) (Social Funds Foundation) Al Falak Surabaya . 3. WHY THE PATTIMURA UNIVERSITY IS CHRISTIAN DOMINATED Rustam Kastor s threat that he would see to it that the University Pattimura will be destroyed again if it is rebuilt, because this university is christian dominated (see Report 137 no. 2), evoked much reaction of the christians. But also from moslem side some are not afraid to mention the real cause of this christian domination . Moslem lawyer Ridwan Hasan according to Siwalima newspaper acknowledges that the only criterium of somebody being appointed as a lecturer, is a Fit and Proper Test . Well, he says, we have to acknowledge that among moslems there is usually not much aspiration to become a university lecturer or even a teacher at secondary schools. Moslem abiturients of the University Pattimura prefer going back to their villages or engage themselves in trade and business. We must concede that this is the accurate reason that the university has a majority of christian professors and lecturers.  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