CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 – Ambon 97124 – Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
E-mail: crisiscentre01@hotmail.com
Ambon, May 10 , 2002
THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 281
1. VICTIMS OF THE HOSTILITIES BETWEEN PORTO AND HARIA – Evaluating the
sad harvest of the recent conflict between the Christian villages of Porto and Haria on
the island of Saparua we count four people killed, eleven wounded. Fourteen houses
have been destroyed by fire. Meanwhile the situation is fairly under control now. The
conflict was sparked by a quarrel between schoolchildren.
2. THE HARDSHIP OF SWEEPING – Sweeping is not always easy. When in the
evening of May 9th a suspiciously behaving young man from the hamlet of Mamala,
Mochtar Harun (24), was approached by security forces in the village of Telaga Kodok
(halfway between Nania and Hitulama on the Northern peninsula of Ambon island), he
threw a home-made grenade at these servicemen, however wounded a woman that
happened to be around. When he fled, he was shot in his leg and could be arrested.
Upon searching another grenade was found on him together with a colt pistol and 49
bullets.
3. COSTS OF REBUILDING THE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING – The government in
Jakarta will set apart 53 billion for a new Governmental Office to be built in Ambon.
This sum equals about US$ 5,400,000.- or Eur 6.300.000,-
C.J.Böhm msc,
Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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