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 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 470 |
Ambon, March 5, 2005
1. TERROR BOMB AGAIN – “Suara Maluku” newspaper this morning reports that last night at about 1.00 a.m. three young men became victim of a terrorist action.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 468 |
Ambon, February 24, 2005
1. RMS SUPPORTERS ARRESTED – On February 22, eleven people were arrested in Ambon for allegedly hoisting RMS flags last February 18.
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Geplaatst op 24 Februari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 467 |
Ambon, February 20, 2005
1. WEAPONRY DESTROYED – During the period November 2004 – December 2005 quite a number of weapons were confiscated in Ambon, both firearms and traditional weaponry. All of these were recently destroyed (burned) by the military. Homemade firearms numbered 740 rifles and 518 revolvers.
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Geplaatst op 20 Februari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 466 |
Ambon, February 15, 2005
1. KIDNAPPED MINISTER NOT FOUND YET – On December 2, a Pentecostal Minster, Jarok Ratu, was kidnapped from his house in South Buru by eight men. Up to now there is no trace of the kidnappers.
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Geplaatst op 16 Februari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 465 |
Ambon, 4 February 2005
1. TWO YEARS FOR WIFE ALEX MANUPUTTY – For her part in her husband’s separatist activities, Mrs. Oly Manuputty has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by the District Court of the Moluccas. Mrs. Oly is the wife of Alex Manuputty, leader of the FKM (Front Kedaulatan Maluku), Movement for South Moluccas Independence.
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Geplaatst op 4 Februari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 464 |
Ambon, 1 February 2005
1. AGAIN CONFLICT BETWEEN “SISTER” VILLAGES – Peace that was made between between Hitu Lama and Hitu Messing, two neighbouring Muslim villages on the North coast of Ambon island, following their mutual conflict on December 14, 2004, did not last long.
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Geplaatst op 1 Februari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 462 |
Ambon, 19 January 2005
1. NO COMMEMORATION OF JANUARY 19, 1999 – Learning of a planned commemoration of the fateful January 19th 1999, start of the bloody protracted religious, ethnic and political conflict in the Moluccas, provincial Police Chief Aditya Warman forbode such event to take place.
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Geplaatst op 19 Januari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 461 |
Ambon, 13 January 2005
1. DEMONSTRATION BY BURU REFUGEES – On January 10, several hundreds of refugees from the large island of Buru went up to the governor’s office in Ambon to vent their anger and frustration with the inertness of the government in returning them to the town of Namlea and other places on the island of Buru, which they fled from five years ago.
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Geplaatst op 13 Januari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 460 |
Ambon, 12 January 2005
1. ‘TSUNAMITIS’ – Probably like everywhere in the world where people live near the coast, many people in the Moluccas are speculating on the possibility of a tsunami disaster in their own area.
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Geplaatst op 12 Januari 2005
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 458 |
Ambon, December 20, 2004
1. FIGHTING BETWEEN VILLAGES – There seems to be no end to fighting between muslim villages. This time – in the afternoon of December 17 – the villages of Tehulale and Tala, both not far from Kairatu on the South coast of the island of Ceram, had a severe clash, resulting in one person being killed by a homemade grenade.
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Geplaatst op 20 December 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 457 |
Ambon, December 16, 2004
1. INCIDENTS OF CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE - Friction and conflicts between groups and villages are no exception any more. Some recent samples:
SANANA, Sula Islands, North Moluccas: The muslim villages of Falahu and Waibau, near the town of Sanana, recently had a nasty clash, resulting in five people being seriously injured, whereas several dozen others suffered minor injuries.
A number of houses and shops was burned down..
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Geplaatst op 16 December 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 456 |
Ambon, December 11, 2004
1. ALERTNESS TOWARDS ANY PROVOCATION – Referring to recent irregularities, Moluccas Police Chief Aditya Warman interprets them as provocative. Warman has in mind fighting between villages as happened between Pelauw vs. Kailolo, Wakal vs. Mamua, also between several villages in South Buru. Elsewhere tenseness seems to be building up as well.
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Geplaatst op 11 December 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 455 |
Ambon, December 4, 2004
1. KASUI IDP-s – The little island of Kasui, to the South-East of Ceram island, became world news when, under influence from outside, forced islamisation took place there, starting in November 2000. See Reports 96-154. The islamized christians could at last be evacuated.
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Geplaatst op 4 December 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 454 |
Ambon, November 30, 2004
1. RETURNEES NOT WELCOME – Returning to their former homesteads is for a number of refugees not only a matter of finances, but also depends on whether they are still welcome to come back and live in peace with those by whom (in most cases) they were expelled during the conflict.
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Geplaatst op 30 November 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 453 |
Ambon, November 26, 2004
1. POVERTY IN AMBON – The aftermath of the conflict in the Moluccas generates certain consequences, among others an increase of indigent or poor people. The head of the “Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah Kota Ambon” (Planning Office for Ambon Construction), Rachman Talaohu declared to Jakarta based “Kompas” daily that as a result of the improving security, many Ambon residents that had fled the violence, meanwhile have come back to Ambon, however, have no decent place to stay yet.
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Geplaatst op 26 November 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 452 |
Ambon, November 19, 2004
1. IDUL FITRI CELEBRATION IN AMBON – Last Sunday morning, thousands of Muslims gathered at the Lapangan Merdeka (“Freedom Square”) in Ambon, which is bordered by the new Governor’s Office building, the Town Hall, the old Victoria Military Fortress and the large Protestant “Maranatha” Church with Synod building, in order to celebrate in thankfulness the end of the Ramadhan month.
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Geplaatst op 19 November 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 451 |
Ambon, November 15, 2004
1. MISMANAGEMENT – Young men that want to enroll in the police force in Ambon, surely will pass their testing when paying 7 million rupiahs. This amount of money equals more than a six months’ salary of an average employee but is cheerfully paid, because “so is life” and a job as a police officer is worth the incurred debt. This is just a sample of the everywhere present usurping of the powerless.
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Geplaatst op 15 November 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 450 |
Ambon, October 31, 2004
1. 17 YEARS POSTULATED FOR SECRETARY GENERAL FKM – On October 29, 2004, the prosecution at the Ambon District Court postulated 17 years imprisonment for FKM Secretary General Moses Tuanakotta.
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Geplaatst op 31 Oktober 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 449 |
Ambon, 26 October 2004
BOMBS FOUND AT MARANATHA CHURCH COMPOUND – After on October 21 a bomb was found near the Protestant Maranatha church in the centre of Ambon, two days later, in the evening, a bag with 15 home-made bombs was found in one of the dressingrooms of the Baileo Oikumene building, adjacent to the Maranatha church.
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Geplaatst op 26 Oktober 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 448 |
Our previous report dates back to August 22. No major events in connection with unrest and reconciliation occurred during this period except what follows below:
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| THE SITUATION IN THE MOLUCCAS – Report No. 447 |
– Ambon, August 22, 2004
1. STRONG BLASTS SCARE PEOPLE IN AMBON – We read in The Jakarta Post daily that during the early night of August 11, an explosion occurred at the Ambon office of the PLN electricity company, panicking people in the A.Y. Patty Street. The blast came from a garbage dump behind the PLN building.
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Geplaatst op 22 Augustus 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN THE MOLUCCAS - Report No. 446 |
1. REPORT BY OCHA – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ambon reports on August 5, 2004 as follows:
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| THE SITUATION IN THE MOLUCCAS - Report No. 445 |
Ambon, August 4, 2004
1. TWO WOUNDED IN UNORDERLY SHOOTING – Last Sunday night, August 1, two people were wounded by a volley of gundfire by police Mobile Brigade personnel. The incident seriously wounded Raymond Kaya and a nine-year-old boy, Henry Pentury.
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Geplaatst op 4 Augustus 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 444 |
Ambon, July 16, 2004
1. ACTUAL SITUATION – This report is the first after a month of silence, silent because nothing special was to be reported in the fields of unrest or major reconciliation efforts. Violence has stopped in Ambon, but many christians and muslims are still scared to enter each other’s town areas.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 443 |
Ambon, June 17, 2004
1. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VISIT AMBON – After Megawati Soekarnoputri, Susilo B. Yudhoyono and Hamzah Haz, Golkar Party`s Wiranto – too – came and campaigned in Ambon. To his 20,000 supporters that had gathered at the Merdeka Field in Ambon on Wednesday June 16, he promised to bring about national reconciliation and create stable and peaceful public life, when elected into office.
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Geplaatst op 17 Juni 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 442 |
Ambon, June 4, 2004
1. INVESTING THE MOLUCCAS – According to Antara News Agency, the Indonesian government has called on private business companies and the public to make an investment in the provinces of the Moluccas and North Moluccas.
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Geplaatst op 4 Juni 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 441 |
Ambon, May 30, 2004
1. NO END TO FRICTION – Minor events can cause major unrest in Ambon nowadays. In the early evening of last Thursday, May 27, there happened a traffic accident in the Pardais Tengah neighbourhood, Ambon city.
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Geplaatst op 30 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 439 |
Ambon, May 24, 2004
1. ROADBLOCKS LIFTED – The growing number of barricades, erected on the main streets of the city of Ambon by both Muslims and Christians, angered the governor, so that today he went up to at least five of these barricades and ordered them to be torn down immediately – which order nolens volens was followed up.
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Geplaatst op 24 Mei 2004
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| Tension rises in Ambon day after bomb blasts wound five |
AMBON, Maluku (AFP): Tension rose here on Monday, with residents setting up roadblocks in several parts of the city after bombs wounded five people.
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Geplaatst op 24 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 438 |
Ambon, May 23, 2004
1. PRESIDENT MEGAWATI ON SEPARATISM IN THE MOLUCCAS – President Megawati Soekarnoputri arrived in Ambon on Saturday, May 22, to meet with local religious leaders and public figures, and inaugurate a number of development projects.
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Geplaatst op 23 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 437 |
Ambon, May 21, 2004
1. STILL THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES IN THE NORTH MOLUCCAS – The commercial SCTV television newsbulletin (Liputan6.com) reports that – though already three years have passed since the unrest in the North Moluccas came to an end – there are still at least some 28.000 refugees spread over North Celebes, the Moluccas, Ternate etc.
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Geplaatst op 21 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 436 |
Ambon, May 19, 2004
1. FKM MEMBERS ESCAPED – In the early morning of May 9, four of the separatist FKM movement members that are in detention in Ambon, managed to escape from their cell.
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Geplaatst op 19 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 435 |
Ambon, Mei 14, 2004
1. MYSTERIOUS LETTER – Among the muslim population of the city of Ambon an unsigned letter is being spread, purportedly drawn up by the GPM Church (the official protestant Church in the Moluccas) containing the instruction to all GPM christians to support the candidature of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the next president of the Republic of Indonesia, for in that way further christianization of Indonesia will be successful.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 434 |
Ambon, Mei 12, 2004
1. ALEX MANUPUTTY STILL IN THE USA – Following the since last April 25 erupted unrest in Ambon, the Indonesian government again has asked the government of the USA to have Manuputty deported to Indonesia.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 432 |
Ambon, Mei 9, 2004
1. PROFESSIONAL SNIPERS – According to The Jakarta Post newspaper, a non-governmental organization, named “the Peace Building Institute”, said the snipers, who recently killed a number of Ambon residents, used Styer SSG-69 rifles, which are widely used by sniper units of the Indonesian Military and Police sharpshooters.
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Geplaatst op 9 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 431 |
Ambon, Mei 6, 2004
1. POLICE CHIEF REPLACED – Provincial Police Chief Commander Brig.Gen.Bambang Sutrisno will be replaced by Brig.Gen. Aditya Warman.
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| National Police Sends More Mobile Brigade Troops to Ambon |
Monday, 03 May, 2004 | 13:39 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:To help in the settlement of the conflict in Ambon, the National Police sent another company of the police’s Mobile Brigade to Ambon on Sunday morning (2/5).
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Geplaatst op 3 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 429 |
Ambon, Mei 3, 2004
1. POPE ON CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM CLASHES IN AMBON – On Saturday, May 1, 2004, Pope John Paul II called for public order to be quickly restored in Ambon city.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 427 |
Ambon, April 30, 2004
1. MUI SECRETARY ON THE CONFLICT – Muslim Clerics Council (MUI) secretary Nasir Rahawarin declared: "The situation is critical. I'm afraid that this is going to continue. The security forces are not reacting quickly enough." Mr. Rahawarin said if security forces failed to control the violence it could spread, with hardliners from both sides forming well-armed militia, just as they did three years ago.
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Geplaatst op 1 Mei 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 426 |
Ambon, April 30, 2004
In this issue we provide an SOS message from the Bishop of Amboina in English and in Indonesian. We also attach both texts unaltered.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 425 |
Ambon, April 29, 2004
1. JAKARTA CARES – The National House of Representatives has dispatched a seven member team to Ambon to carry out an investigation on the recent regrettable development in Ambon.
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Geplaatst op 29 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 424 |
Ambon, April 28, 2004
1. FOURTH DAY OF THE CONFLICT – Gunfire and explosions rocked Ambon the whole night long, leaving at least eight wounded. Apart from many residents’ homes, also the recently rebuilt protestant Nazareth church went up in flames.
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Geplaatst op 28 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 422 |
Ambon, April 28, 2004
1. REINFORCEMENTS – Four hundred Brimob Police personnel arrived in Ambon from Jakarta yesterday, together with a team of doctors.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 423 |
Ambon, April 27, 2004
1. ONGOING UNREST – Yesterday, April 26, starting at about 03.00 a.m. and going on until the afternoon, several hundreds of houses were burned in the Tanah Lapang Kecil (Talake) and Batugantung neighbourhoods in the city of Ambon.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 421 |
Ambon, April 26, 2004
1. RENEWED CLASHES IN AMBON – Following sudden resumption of violent Muslim-Christian confrontation in Ambon in the early afternoon of April 25, at least ten people have died and about 60 were wounded.
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Geplaatst op 26 April 2004
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| Situatie Maluku 25 april 2004 |
19.00 uur Ambon tijd.
Situatie is nu onder controle. Gouverneur Karel Ralahallo en de burgermeester Jopie Papilaya zijn naar de stad gegaan waar de onrust bij Trikora is onstaan en beide partijen gesust.
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Geplaatst op 25 April 2004
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| Situasi Maluku 25 April 2004 |
Zondag 13.00 Ambon Tijd
Onrusten opnieuw uitgebroken.
Circa 200 RMS aanhangers hebben een demonstratie gehouden in de stad Ambon, ondanks waarschuwingen
van allerlei instanties vanzowel Moslims als Christenen. Met gevolg dat er weer slachtoffer zijn gevallen, waarvan 1 ernstig gewond die nu in de GPM ziekenhuis ligt.
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Geplaatst op 25 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 419 |
Ambon, April 25, 2004
1. TUMULTUOUS COMMEMORATION RMS ANNIVERSARY – Today is the 54th anniversary of the Moluccas RMS Independence Movement. Its commemoration in Ambon is not going unnoticed. The police hauled down 51 RMS flags.
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Geplaatst op 25 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 418 |
Ambon, April 23, 2004
1. FKM INTENDS TO RAISE RMS FLAG – The Moluccas Sovereignty Front (FKM) vows to hoist RMS flags in Ambon next Sunday on occasion of the 54th anniversary of the Moluccas RMS Independence Movement, thus was said by FKM secretary general Moses Tuanakota.
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Geplaatst op 23 April 2004
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| US Envoy: We can work with Wiranto as president |
Friday, 23 April 2004
JAKARTA - Washington can work with former military chief Wiranto if he wins the Indonesian presidency despite his indictment in East Timor for crimes against humanity, US Ambassador Ralph Boyce said yesterday.
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| Rape and Provocation in Acheh, Papua and Maluku |
Friday, 23 April 2004, 5:37 pm
Press Release: Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front
ACHEH-SUMATRA NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (ASNLF )
ACHEH NATIONAL ARMED FORCES ( TNA )
CENTRAL MILITARY COMMAND
PRESS RELEASE
20 APRIL, 2004
http://www.acheh-eye.org/data_files/english_format/asnlf/asnlf_statements_data-eng/
asnlf_statements_data-eng_014_20apr2004.html
Condemns on Indonesian Armed Force (TNI) Efforts to Mobilize Militia, Rape and Provocation in Acheh, Papua and Maluku
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Geplaatst op 23 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 417 |
Ambon, April 19, 2004
1. GENERAL SITUATION – It has been a month since we last sent out a report on the situation in the Moluccas. Generally spoken the erstwhile strife between the two religious communities has come to an end.
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Geplaatst op 19 April 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 416 |
Ambon, March 20, 2004
Note: Our absence from Ambon takes longer than we had estimated earlier. Though still not returned, we have at least access to internet facilities again and have made a selection of news items on the situation and various developments in the Moluccas during the passed month, based on the more detailed excellently selected reports by
www.malra.org/posko.
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Geplaatst op 20 Maart 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 415 |
Ambon, February 18, 2004
1. SECRET INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL – The “certain military intelligence personnel” we mentioned in our latest report, seem to be targeting, besides Bishop Mandagi, also other prominent persons.
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Geplaatst op 18 Februari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 414 |
Ambon, February 14, 2004
1. MSGR. MANDAGI REPORTING ON LONDON MEETING – In Report 411 we already mentioned the Meeting on Maluku Reconciliation and Reconstruction, which was held in London January 19-28, 2004. Recently Msgr. P.C. Mandagi MSC, Bishop of Amboina/Moluccas and one of the participants at this meeting, was interviewed by the newsmedia in Ambon on this subject.
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Geplaatst op 14 Februari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 413 |
Ambon, February 12, 2004
1. CONFLICT BETWEEN HARUKU VILLAGES – Local newspaper Siwalima reports that a fight occurred in Haruku island between the villages of Kabau and Rohomoni in the afternoon of February 4.
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Geplaatst op 12 Februari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 412 |
Ambon, February 4, 2004
1. RECONCILIATORY MEETING IN JAKARTA – The Community of Moluccans in Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi that are united in the “Ikatan Muslimat Maluku”, is preparing a “Silaturahmi” (= informal) meeting to be held in Jakarta next Februari 22.
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Geplaatst op 4 Februari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 411 |
Ambon, January 30, 2004
EARTHQUAKE – Antara News Agency reports that a tectonic quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale rocked the tiny island of Kelang to the West of Ceram, Central Moluccas, in the morning of January 29, causing a tidal wave to attack Namlea, capital of the district Buru Island. However no damage to people’s houses was reported neither any victims. The island of Kelang is unhabitated.
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Geplaatst op 2 Februari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 410 |
Ambon, January 24, 2004
FATAL EXPLOSION – An explosion in the hamlet of Tawiri, island of Ambon, killed taxi-driver Constantinus S.Lumaresil last January 23. Initially it was thought to be a homemade grenade that had exploded unintentionally, but it turned out to be the taxi air conditioning gas tube, which exploded while being refilled. Thus was stated by the police.
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Geplaatst op 24 Januari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 409 |
Ambon, January 22, 2004
VICTIMS RABIES – It has been several months since we last heard of rabies in Ambon. Now there are again victims of this deadly disease. Between January 12 and 17, three people, who had been bitten by dogs two or three months earlier, died in Dr. Haulussy hospital, Kudamti, Ambon.
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Geplaatst op 22 Januari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 408 |
Ambon, January 13, 2004
1. RMS SEPARATISTS SENTENCED – On January 12, 2004, nine Moluccan RMS (Independent South Maluku Republic) activists were sentenced to between 30 months and 15 years in jail by the Ambon District Court.
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Geplaatst op 14 Januari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 407 |
Ambon, January 5, 2004
1. WEAPONRY SEIZED – Local newspaper Ambon Ekspres quoted the commander of TNI (Military) task force Arhanudse 11, Lieut. Col. Haris Sarjana, saying that security apparatus seized dozens of homemade weapons, bombs and ammunition from communities on 26 December 2003.
He also said that until 26 December, TNI has seized 84 handmade weapons from the communities.
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Geplaatst op 7 Januari 2004
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 406 |
1. PRESIDENTIAL VISIT CANCELED – President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who had earlier favourably answered to an invitation to come to Ambon on December 28, canceled this visit “for security reasons." It would have been her first official visit to the Moluccas since she assumed office two years ago.
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Geplaatst op 2 Januari 2004
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SITUATIE MALUKU - PULAU SERAM DAREAH NUNUSAKU
Op 22 augustus ben ik naar het "Hart van Seram" gegaan Desa Manusa, daerah Nunusaku, het land van onze voorouders.  Ik kreeg de drang om daar naar toe te gaan toen ik op maandag 18 augustus de dominee van Manusa sprak, die in Ambon was gekomen om hulp te vragen voor de kerk, welke door erosie is vernield, maar dat niet alleen.
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| THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 428 |
Ambon, Mei 1, 2004
A CRY FOR HELP – On Masariku network we read the following “Desperate cry for help from Ambon”:
Since April 25th houses and public facilities in Ambon, capital of the province of the Moluccas, including schools and University campuses are being burnt down.
Bombs and other explosives are being directed to the living quarters of the civilians.
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Geplaatst op 2 Mei 2003
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