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, January 18, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report no. 124   VICTIMS FOUND - The bodies of the two males that have been missing since the incident at Galunggung on January 11 (see Report 122 no. 6) were found floating in the Bay of Ambon on Saturday, January 13. The bodies were in lacerated condition.   TENSENESS IN WAHAI - Wahai is a small town on the North coast of the island of Ceram. The residents are mixed christian/muslim and provide shelter for refugees from elsewhere. On January 16, at 3.00 a.m. four molotov cocktails exploded at various sites in the town. At 10.30 a.m. another bomb exploded at a Secondary School site. In these incidents nobody was hurt, but crowds gathered and the christians are readying themselves to flee to safer places. Local police and military are said to do hardly any effort to try and find the trouble-makers. Muslim and christian religious leaders cooperated in calming down the masses, they even found seven unexploded molotov cocktails in plastic bags. Thus is reported in Suara Maluku newspaper.     MCI and ACF SHIFT FOCUS - The economic department of the government in Ambon convened with delegates from two foreign NGO-s i.e. Mercy Corps and Action Contra la Faim in order to coordinate aid programs for refugees. It was decided upon that food aid for the refugees will gradually be reduced and be replaced by more constructive help. Both NGO-s will upgrade financial help to refugees for purchasing tools, mainly in the field of agriculture, whereas the MCI in coordination with local NGO-s will also grant credits for small business.   CHILDRENS PRAYER MEETING - At the suggestion of the Governor of the Moluccas, a prayer meeting for one thousand elementary school children (500 muslim / 500 christian) was organized by the Chief Police Commander Mr. Firman Gani on January 17. The meeting took place at the large front yard of the Governor s Office. The children performed their Qasidahs, Vocal Groups, Duets and Solos in an attractive way before their thousand amigoes and several government and religious leaders. All of the children were also given school funds at a total of Rupiah 185.000.000,- (US $ 19,500.-). Everybody was very satisfied and like one spokesman said their parents should feel ashamed. Why cannot they make peace where the children have already.   EVACUATION OF KESUI AND TEOR VICTIMS - The chairperson of the Protestant Synod (GPM) at Ambon, Rev. Sammy Titaley, confirmed to Siwalima newspaper that next Monday, January 22, the governor will go to Kesui and Teor to evacuate the victims of islamisation. They will be evacuated to Tual, Kei Islands, S.E.Moluccas. The governor will be accompanied by religious leaders and security forces. So the composition of this team is quite different from the composition of earlier teams, he said. Sammy Titaley further said: After all of them have been evacuated, we must juridically investigate those that are behind this scheme . However, he stressed that what has happened at Kesui/Teor, should not be looked upon as muslim custom.   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