Precedence: bulk ACHEH/SUMATRA NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT P.O. BOX 130, S-145 01 NORSBORG, SWEDEN Tel/Fax: 08/531-91275 PRESS RELEASE 19 August 1999 More innocent Achehnese abducted and feared killed by the merciless Javanese-Indonesian troops in Acheh, Sumatra. Human rights abuses, extra-judicial killing and abductions perpetrated the Javanese-Indonesian troops upon innocent Achehnese have not ceased in Acheh, Sumatra. >From the latest reports that the ASNLF received yesterday from Bireuen, some 40 km west of the natural gas port of Lhokseumawe, villagers working at their rice fields were shot at random by the TNI/PPRM unit. The incident took place on Monday 16 August at 1200 hrs at the village of Lapang Timu, Pante Ranub, Grugok, whereby two men were abducted by the Javanese-Indonesian troops patrolling the village. The two victims were; Muliadi Ibrahim alias Abdul Rahman, 32; and Irsal, also 32 years old. In separate incident but on the same day at about 1600 hrs, at the village of Dajah Pandjoe, Gandapura, not far from the above-mentioned tragedy, three Achehnese villagers were shot at for no reason whatsoever by the patrolling TNI/PPRM forces. Yusuf Tengku Rasjid, 55, was wounded at his hands, while working at his ricefield. But miraculously he was left where he was. Muliadi Tengku Nurdinsyah, 26, suffered gun-wounds at his face and later brought to the hospital by the villagers. The last victim Buchari Alamsyah, was abducted at his home. The safety of these men is of grave concern because their whereabouts are not known. Moreover, is has been common practice of the Javanese-Indonesian troops to torture or even kill those who are abducted. We urgently call upon the international community especially governmental and non-governmental bodies, human rights groups and dignitaries as well as individuals to help put an end to these human rights atrocities perpetrated by the Indonesian regime upon hapless Achehnese in Acheh, Sumatra. ACHEH/SUMATRA NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT ---------- SiaR WEBSITE: http://apchr.murdoch.edu.au/minihub/siarlist/maillist.html
