FRONT SIWA-LIMA
National Headquarters Ambon in the Moluccas
Email: Psahureka@hotmail.com
c/o International Representation
fax: 0031 516513593
April 09, 2002
With latest news from the Moluccas:
- Moluccan governor suddenly summoned to Jakarta
- Bomb blast in crowded area in centre of Ambon
- Governor's office building burned to the ground
- Role of Kopassus more evident
- 400 Kopassus members under cover as local civilians in Ambon
- Military take in strategic positions
On March 27, 2002, the Moluccan Governor Mr. Saleh Latuconsina was suddenly
summoned by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Minister for Political and Security Affairs
for closed meetings in Jakarta with Brigade General Moestopo, chief Commander of
the Pattimura Division XVI of the Indonesian Army, Chief Commissioner of Police
Soenarko Danu Arto, and several other high ranking military officers.
Exactly one week hereafter, on April 3rd, a bomb blasted in a crowded area in
Ambon, injuring 53 people an killing 4 instantly. Seconds before the blast a red
Toyota Kijang car, license plate DE55RB, was seen passing through the scene at
very high speed. Shortly after the commotion the people upset with this violent
incident marched to protest to the Governor's office about 700 meters further.
But at their arrival they noticed that the 3rd floor of the Governor's office was already
ablaze and how the military was warning the workers to evacuate the building. From
outside the fences the angry group Moluccans threw stones at the Government's
building to express their protest. This was retaliated immediately by gunfire from the
Indonesian military. To disperse the angry group of people the Indonesians military
chased after them shooting and shouting into another neighbourhood. The military
even followed them into the churches and houses.
The investigation on the bomb blast was done by a special investigation team from
Jakarta. The bomb caused a devastation of a radius of 28 meters. The main ingredient
is TNT(= TRINITRO TOLUENA) is highly explosive chemical. The bomb fragments
were to be taken to Jakarta for further investigation.
The call for punishment by death. Indonesian authorities immediately accuse
Moluccan Christians as the actors in this bomb explosion. The highest Indonesian
government circles- ranging from the Indonesian President Megawati and Vice
President Hamzah Haz to Amin Rais ( Chairman People's Assembly), and certain
Military and Police Commanders- spared no time to urge for punishment by death of
the (according to them) Moluccan perpetrators.
The KOPASSUS, the Indonesian special command elite forces:
Since more than a year active in the Moluccas.
The Kopassus force in Maluku is divided in:
- 200 army personnel ( special missions, commando's, hit and run operations)
- 400 under cover agents infiltrate within the population to act as ordinary
civilians
- 300 so-called deserters who in reality have become members of the Laskar
Jihad
All these Kopassus members have joined forces with all others of the Indonesian
Army, with Jihad and Mudjahidin troops against the Moluccan people.The
KOPASSUS is especially trained in terror and anti terror, hit-and- run attacks, etc.
The role of the KOPASSUS becomes more evident in Maluku. According to the
special investigation team the bomb blast of April 3rd requires professional handling.
The TNT chemicals used in the bomb are obtainable only by the Army through special
license from the Indonesian Government. The set up, timing and execution of the
bomb blast with the simultaneously burning down of the Governor's office are
operations attributed to the Kopassus special trainings. Particularly the manipulation
of the crowd and conditions in such situation is the method of working applicable to
the Kopassus.
Military take in strategic positions The Indonesian military is taking all possible
positions in strategic important locations throughout Ambon. Even is the mountains.
Confiscating the island of Banda as their headquarters, the Laskar Jihad and Laskar
Mudjahidin have turned conquered and devastated villages throughout the Moluccas
into training compounds. To keep the Moluccan villagers to return to their ancestral
grounds, the Jihad troops have mined the surroundings of the villages.
Military repressive sweeping Repressive sweeping by the Indonesian military and
police is announced for the month of April. Using a stipulation of the Indonesian
Malino Peace Accord that the Moluccan people have to surrender their weapons to
the Indonesian Army, the Indonesian local authorities are justifying their `military
repressive sweeping 'in the hunt after weapons in the Moluccan houses.
D-Day means imminent military operation The Indonesian military and police are
constantly threatening the Moluccan civilians with their D Day for the `thorough
cleansing' through an imminent military operation.
S .O. S.- APPEAL from Maluku
April 2002
To the International peace-loving World, We urgently appeal to you to keep a close
watch on the situation in the Moluccas. Save us by monitoring the Indonesian military
build-up and the reinforcements of the Laskar Jihad and Laskar Mudjahidin troops in
the Moluccas. Save us by expressing your concern of the imminent operation of a
military repressive sweeping in Maluku. Save us by exploring all possibilities to send
in an international team to investigate at place the true situation in Maluku. Save us
by calling for an immediate halt to the crimes, war crimes and crimes against
humanity perpetrated by Indonesia in Maluku.
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