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, March 28, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 157 1. VICTIMS OF SAVAGERY Last Monday night, March 26, a human body was found floating at Slamet Riyadi harbour, Ambon. It was identified as Semy Toisuta (26), son of a protestant minister. It was soon found out that he had been killed at the Madrasah Aliyah compound, neighbourhood of Batumerah. The body had been mutilated in an atrocious way, including circumcising. He had been missing since the day before. At noon today, a christian young pedicab (betjak) driver, Yopi Lawery, was killed by another christian pedicab driver using a longknife (parang), near Citra supermarket, neighbourhood of Mardika. The victim, who earlier today had a quarrel with the other, was one of the about 150 refugees at the Crisis Centre compound. (Nowadays an ordinar quarrel not seldom ends up with murder, seemingly setting back civilization some centuries). 2. PROVOCATIVE RADIO STATION The Governor of the Moluccas, Dr.Ir. M.S. Latuconsina, has given order to the local military chief commander and the police chief commander to admonish and to take firm action against the Ambon based radiostation Suara Perjuangan Muslim Maluku (SPMM, The Voice of Moluccan Moslem Struggle) since their news broadcasts are considered to be provocative (Our yesterday s report spoke mistakenly of the Radio Gema Suara Muslim (GSM) . 3. MOSLEM TRAINING ACTIVITIES The Governor ordered both chief commanders also to crack down on the alleged armed, physical and military-style training activities by moslems in Waai village, a former christian site, which was totally destroyed by moslem forces and consequently was occupied by moslems renaming it Waai Salam (starting at July 6, 2000 see our Reports No. 12 sqq.). 4. CHRISTIAN INTERNAL DIALOGUE Today and tomorrow an inter-christian dialogue of protestants and catholics is held in order to streamline common perception and to find ways towards reconciliation in the Moluccas. The dialogue is sponsored by the Provincial Department of Religion. 5. RECOMMENDATIONS OF LANGGUR We attach the translation of the Recommendations, result of the National Dialogue on Revitalizing Local Culture for Rehabilitation and Development in the Moluccas towards a New Indonesia in Tual-Langgur, Kei-Islands, March 15-18, attended by 1500 multi-religious and multi ethnic participants. 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