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Layanan Informasi Aktual
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CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA
Jalan Pattimura 32 - Ambon 97124 - Indonesia
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Ambon, October 22, 2002
THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS - Report No. 322
1. THIRTEEN SUSPECTS OF BOMB ATTACKS ARRESTED - On October 17 Jakarta
Police detained thirteen people that are suspected of involvement in
terrorist activities, specifically the placing of bombs at public sites in
Ambon.
2. SEPARATISTS SENTENCED - On October 21 the Ambon District Court
sentenced fourteen men to between two and five years inprisonment for
raising four RMS flags in Ambon last April 25. All of them are members of
the FKM Movement (Moluccas Sovereignty Front) which is led by Dr. Alex
Manuputty. Dr. Manuputty and FKM juridical leader Semy Waeleruny are
currently on trial in Jakarta and face a maximum sentence of life
imprisonment.
3. UNEXPLODED BOMBS DETECTED IN AMBON - Last night and this morning
several bombs were found: one at the St.Francis Xavier Secondary School, two
at the SMU-1 Secondary School, one at the Bank Mandiri building (formerly
Exim Bank), all of these in the Christian neighbourhood of Batumeja, Ambon.
Besides, one bomb was found in the Muslim dominated A.Y.Patty Street in the
town centre.
C.J.B�hm msc, Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina
