Great, thanks Dodo .
-----Original Message-----
From: DODO DOLITET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Januari 1999 11:32
Subject: Re: Letter to Editor for The New York Time-perlu tambahan dari
rekan-rekan
>Tambahan dikit setelah Bung Panut,
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>We believe that you've tried your best to present your reports fairly,
>however, there seemed to be a personal or group bias in your articel
>about the tragedy in Ambon. One sided report of a conflict may result
>in worsening the conflict itself, or even creating a new conflict. We
>hope that you avoid the biases by interviewing all parties involved in
>the accident.
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>---Panut Wirata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Rekan rekan sekalian:
>> Berikut ini adalah draft tanggapan untuk New York Time berkenaan
>> dengan berita tentang Ambon yang berat sebelah tersebut. Bila ada data
>> dan informasi yang perlu ditambahkan, silahkan. Pengurus mailing list
>> mudah-mudahan mau mengirimkan surat tanggapan atau petisi ini.
>>
>> Dear Editor:
>> The article by (siapa nama wartawannya?)entitles "40 Christian
>> Killed in Revenge Riot in an Indonesian Village" published by The New
>> York Time Tuesday, January 26, 1999 presented some truth regarding
>> Ambon Tragedy but certainly not the whole thruth. The title of the
>> article itself shows the imbalance of the facts that were to be
>> presented. This could be the result of the interview that involved
>> only the Christian people. Reading the article one would get the
>> impression that the Christian villagers of Ambon were the sole victim
>> of the tragedy and that the tragedy was inflicted by revenging
>> Muslims. The facts were that both the Christian and the Muslims were
>> in some kind of war. They attacked and killed each other and a lot of
>> people from both sides were dead. In some cases, Muslim's villages got
>> obliterated too. This is a very set situation and we hope that the
>> Indonesian authority could uncover the cause of the tragedy.
>> This letter is intended to clarify that Ambon Tragedy is not a
>> case where the Christian minority is unjustly treated by the Muslim
>> majority. We hope that this letter disolves the bad image about
>> Muslim majority in Indonesia that the article indirectly portraits.
>>
>> Indonesia Student Association Mailing List
>> Panut Wirata
>> Ramadan Pohan,
>> dll
>> dll
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