CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia
Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337
E-mail: comamq@ambon.wasantara.net.id
Ambon, January 10, 2002
THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report no. 223
1. BOMBS INTERCEPTED – When Reinaldo Michael Silver Kriekhoff (22) on
Tuesday, January 8, suspiciously moved about at the christian speedboat anchorage
of Benteng, at the west-end of the city of Ambon, some marine servicemen
approached him and found him to be in possession of two homemade bombs.
Kriefhoff then was detained for questioning.
2. SCHOOLS THREATENED – On January 8 an anonymous telephone call was
received at the SLTPN-4 public secondary school in Ambon city, declaring that a
bomb had been placed in the building. The following day a similar phone call was
received at the SMUN-2 public secondary school. In both cases the students were
sent home immediately. However, these calls turned out to be just phony ones.
3. CONTROVERSY LOCAL MUSLIMS VS. LASKAR JIHAD – We read in the local
christian “Siwalima” newspaper the following sad happening. In two cafés – café
Planet and café Robot – in the Muslim neighbourhood of Galunggung at the eastern
end of the city of Ambon some visitors were enjoying karaoke music in the evening of
Tuesday, January 8. This was noticed by several laskar jihads who happened to be
close by. Thus a quarrel arose between them, for the jihads do not approve of this
kind of western decadency. Then, at about 11.40 p.m., a car halted not far from that
location and unloaded about ten men in “ninja”’s dress, their faces masked with
cloths. They were carrying M-16 guns and FN pistols. All of the visitors managed to
escape. However, seven café wait! ers were taken hostage and one, named Rusdi
Tawuta, was shot dead. Both cafés and two motorbikes consequently were burned.
4. CITIZEN KILLED – On January 7, Corinus Ishak (52) from the christian village of
Passo, together with his wife, was gathering "enau" leaves to make floor brushes, not
far from the village of Nania. For some reason, however, he got in a quarrel with
somebody that looked like a police officer (but was not). The quarrel ended in Corintus
being shot dead by his opponent.
C.J.Böhm MSc,
Secretary of Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
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