MASARIKU NETWORK
The Fellowship Of Christian Churches Of The City And Regency Of Sorong, Papua
(Consisting of 24 church denominations)
Secretariat: Jl. Camar HBM (opposite Tk. Pembina), P.O. Box 209 Roma Utara
Tel/Fax No. (0951) 329828, 323523
Statement Of (Concern) And Call For Moral (Conscience)
To the Chief of Police of Papua (Province)
At JAYAPURA
Greetings of peace,
Since the discovery of (a cache of) explosives by the Police Resort of Sorong in the
office godown of Bina Tirta Company of Sorong and the private home of Haj Muhamad
Koya on Wednesday, 19th February 2003, the (relative) calm of (local) residents has
turned into deep concern. In view of the situation, questions are being raised by the
people:
* What lies behind the discovery of explosives at the private home and the storage of
the company owned by Haji Muhamad Koya?
* Why did Haji Muhamad Koya keep these instruments for the destruction of human
lives?
* Were those explosives going to be used for fishing, in view of the fact that Muhamad
Koya is not in the fishery business but is the director of a forwarding agency whose
daily activity is that of loading and unloading goods in the harbour?
* Does Haji Muhamad Koya have some connection with the Ambonese jihad group or
is he linked to the bombing of Bali which had cost the lives of hundreds of lives?
* Does the storing of these explosives in such large quantities have anything to do
with terrorism actions, in view of the fact that the land of Papua is now rife with
political debates and meddling of the economy on a global scale?
As far as the above discovery is concerned, we suspect that this is the work of only a
well organized group which has the support of a network of other organizations having
the same well-planned mission.
Based on the above situation, we hereby issue a statement:
* We urge you as the Chief of Police of Papua to immediately investigate and
prosecute the individuals who have (been guilty of) storing the said explosives in
Sorong, to be processed further in a transparent manner based on the Anti Terrorism
Act. Thus the people will believe that the (police) authorities are indeed capable of
dealing with all kinds of threats endangering the population.
* From previous experience in similar instances in Sorong, in which the jihad issue
has been rife from the years 1999 until 2002, but have not been followed up by the
police of Sorong, we hereby request the security forces, in this case the Police of
Sorong Resort.
* To help investigate and uncover the network of groups suspected to be involved with
acts of violence in Indonesia. This is intended to foil attempts by certain parties to
hinder the prosecution of individuals involved in the explosives find at the house of Haji
Muhamad Koya.
* We have reason to believe that the explosives stored at the house of Haji Muhamad
Koya are related to terrorist activities by hard line groups who are being targeted all
over the world today.
* (and) that thje explosives found at the private home and office godown owned by Haji
Muhamad Koya have nothing to do with religious or other SARA issues (SARA =
sensitive issues connected to differences in race and religion).
* In order to ensure the (successful) implementation of the Quranic Reading contest at
Provincial Level to be held at Sorong in the month of June 2003, we request that the
security officials of Sorong to act with utmost vigilance from the preparation of the
contest site, and welcoming of delegates of participants and delegaties from other
regions (provinces).
This Statementwas Made At Sorong On 21st February 2003
Secretary General Chairman
Rev. ANDRI LIMPANGAU Rev. Dr. M.L. WANMA
Cc:
* President of RI, Madame Megawati Soekarnoputri in Jakarta
* Coordinating Minister for Political, Social & Security Affairs, in Jakarta
* Chairman of MPR-RI (People’s Assembly), Dr. Amien Rais, Jakarta
* Chairman of DPR-RI (House), Ir. Akbar Tanjung, Jakarta
* Chief of Police of RI, Jakarta
* Minister for Religious Affairs of R.I. in Jakarta
* Ambassador of the United States of America, in Jakarta
* Ambassador of Great Britain, in Jakarta
* Ambassador of Australia, in Jakarta
* Governor of Papua Province, Drs. Yaap Salosa, in Jayapura
* Commander-in-Cief of Cendrawasih Military Command, Papua Province, in Jayapura
* Head of the Regional House of Representatives of Papua Province, in Jayapura
* Head of the Attorney General’s Office, Papua Province, in Jayapura
* Head of Sorong Regency, in Sorong
* Mayor of Sorong City, in Sorong
* Police Chief of Sorong Resort, in Sorong
* Head of Attorney General’s Office in Sorong
* Head of Regional House of Representatives of Sorong Regency, in Sorong
* Head of Regional House of Representatives of Sorong City, in Sorong
* Chairmen of each respective Church Denomination in Sorong
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