Bung Pohan dan Blucer dan rekan-rakan sekalian:
Berkenaan dengan berita New York Time yang berat sebelah seperti
ini dan pada kasus-kasus lain di media masa lain, seringkali saya
lihat media masa tersebut memuat surat penjelasan atau sanggahan yang
dikirim oleh pihak kedubes. Dengan kemajuan teknologi komunikasi
dengan internet ini, nampaknya kita juga dengan mudah bisa berbuat
sama. Bila kita tidak setuju, kita kirim surat lewat E-mail ini ke
penulis/media masa tersebut. Bila perlu kita jadikan mailing list ini
sebagai ajang diskusi kita dan salah seorang atau ramai-ramai kita
kirim E-mail. Mau coba memulai Bung Pohan?
Wassalam,
panut Wirata
mengirimkan surat
---Blucer Rajagukguk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jelas masih berat di satu sisi. Mudah-mudahan kita intropeksi diri
bahwa
> sisi agama adalah hal yang paling mudah untuk diledakkan. Baiknya kita
> sama-sama ikut meredakan segala macam kerusuhan ini.
> Apakah bangsa ini sedang masuk kedalam era kegelapannya? who knows.
Anak
> bangsa sendiri bisa tega menghancurkan bangsanya.
> peace.
>
> Ramadhan Pohan wrote:
> >
> > Salam!
> > Sampai kapan koran Amerika bisa fair. Provokasi tidak datang dari
dalam
> > negeri, tapi juga lewat konspirasi internasional seperti ini. Saya
mendoakan
> > semoga "Para Pattimura Muda" di bumi Ambon Manise maupun Nasrani
Indonesia di
> > AS ini tidak terpengaruh berita tersebut. Bisa jadi Gawat, man..:-)
> >
> > Apa komentar Anda ttg Berita The New York Times di bawah ini?
> >
> > salam!
> > ramadhan pohan
> >
> > ############
> >
> > 40 Christians Killed in Revenge Riot in an Indonesian Village
> >
> > By THE NEW YORK TIMES
> >
> > AMBON, Indonesia -- At least 40 Christian villagers, including
women and
> > children, were killed in Indonesia last week, reportedly by a mob
of Muslims
> > seeking revenge for earlier clashes, officials and a local Roman
Catholic
> > priest said on Monday.
> >
> > The Rev. Cornelius Bohm, a Dutch-born priest based in Ambon,
said the attack
> > occurred in Telagakodok, 25 miles north of Ambon, situated on an
island of the
> > same name in the Moluccas, after Muslims in a nearby town learned
that mosques
> > had been burned in Ambon at the outset of the clashes last Tuesday.
> >
> > The official death toll from five days of rioting, which spread
to outlying
> > areas around Ambon and the neighboring island of Senana, now
stands at more
> > than 50, although local church and government officials say the
final death
> > toll could be much higher.
> >
> > With more than 5,000 soldiers and policemen deployed to restore
order,
> > thousands of people who sought sanctuary in army and police
compounds last
> > week are returning home to this once picturesque port town, parts
of which
> > look like a war zone.
> >
> > Along the waterfront among the ruins of the gutted three-story
fish market,
> > dogs scavenged in in piles of garbage, burned out kiosks and
crates of rotten
> > lobster. Municipal tractors and trucks were clearing roads choked
with tons of
> > debris, including burned tire barricades and shells of burned cars
and
> > motorbikes.
> >
> > Universities, schools, banks, shops and clinics remain closed,
causing food
> > shortages and creating fears of public health problems, officials
said.
> >
> > The town is under military curfew, and the first group of
journalists was
> > allowed to visit on Monday to view the damage. The road between
the airport
> > and town passes through some of the worst-hit areas.
> >
> > Kelly Latuheru, 46, a Christian, emerged from the ruins of his
home in the
> > village of Nania, where in better times about 1,000 Muslims and
Christians
> > lived together harmoniously. Almost the entire village has been
burned.
> >
> > "People from outside came here and started smashing things up,"
he said.
> > "They went away, and we thought it was safe, but they came back
and burned my
> > home."
> >
> > Bohm, who has spent 32 years in the region, said the military
had been sent
> > to Telagakodok. Details of the killings, on Thursday, emerged last
week when
> > villagers approached another Catholic priest.
> >
> > All the victims were Christian emigres from the southeastern
part of the
> > region and included one pregnant woman, the priest said he had
been told. He
> > said other people had been decapitated or speared and hacked to
death. His
> > account was confirmed by a senior government official, who asked
not to be
> > identified.
> >
> > Residents and police and government officials said that at the
height of the
> > rioting, an unknown number of people were beaten to death near the
waterfront
> > and their bodies thrown into the sea.
> >
> > At the military police compound, 70 Muslims from 10 families
have been
> > taking shelter for a week from Christian gangs.
> >
> > Long-simmering animosity to migrants from other islands is a
major cause of
> > the Ambon violence. But some church leaders say Muslim and Christian
> > communities, whose members have lived in near harmony on Ambon for
decades,
> > have been forced to take sides after other recent religious clashes.
> >
> > Indonesia's worst economic recession in 30 years, a sharp
increase in law-
> > and-order problems after student-led riots in Jakarta and the
resignation of
> > President Suharto have all contributed to the instability.
> >
> > Tuesday, January 26, 1999
>
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