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 24, 2001 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report no. 129   ARRESTMENT - After the tenseness of January 22, yesterday and also today the atmosphere in Ambon was/is near to normal. However, at 11.15 yesterday morning, two young muslims, Udin (20) and Kasim (19), were caught by police security forces while entering the front yard of the Governor s Office trying to smuggle in two molotov cocktails. They said they had made these bombs themselves and had hoped to sell them to a military serviceman. However it is feared that they may have had the intention to damage either the Governor s Office or the nearby Maranatha church.   I MADE YASA APPALLED - Local TV showed an irritated I Made Yasa, Military Chief Commander, threatening anyone who challenged the TNI (Indonesian Armed Forces), would meet their power. The military had the right an the duty he said to defend itself as an institution and would not allow to be besmirched or even to be attacked.   EXPEDITION TO KESUI / TEOR - Yesterday Governor Dr.Ir. M.Saleh Latuconsina left for the islands of Kesui and Teor, where earlier forced islamisation of several hundreds of christians had taken place. His intention is to evacuate all christians to Tual (Kei Islands). The governor is accompanied by several local police and military officials, church and muslim leaders and also by reporters from local National TV and Radio, a Jakarta based commercial TV (SCTV) and National News Agency Antara .   COMMENTARY ON DETENTION OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL SARAGIH - The vice deacon of the Faculty of Law, Pattimura University, sees the arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Waramas Saragih (see yesterday s Report no.2) as an opportunity to obtain a closer look at possible unduly political schemes which try to protract the conflict in the Moluccas. This Saragih had been appointed at the Police Headquarters in Jakarta three months ago, but was still lingering in Ambon. To what purpose? On whose orders? Why in the possession of weapons? Much may be disclosed within due time.   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