---------------------------------------------------------- FREE Subscribe/UNsubscribe Indonesia Daily News Online go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, JANUARY 8, 2000 PRESIDENT: DON'T KILL EACH OTHER FOR POLITICAL INTEREST Jakarta, Jan 7 <ANTARA>-President Abdurrahman Wahid called on Moslems, especially in the strive-torn area of Maluku, not to kill fellow Moslems for the sake of certain political interest. "Religion has been used as a political instrument to control another Moslem," the President said in a dialog with Moslems after Friday prayers in the Baiturrahim Mosque at the Merdeka Palace compound, here Friday. He said certain Moslems in Maluku had used other religious followers to kill fellow Moslems in the communal clashes in the region so far. "We have to do our best to prevent eventualities," he said in respond to a question from an attendee of the prayers. Wahid further said that he has instructed the newly-installed indonesian Police Chief Let Gen Rusdihardjo to seize whoever comes to Maluku with weapons. "Several hundred people have been dispatched from Jakarta. I have already ordered the police chief to search them as soon as they arrive at one of the islands in the Maluku province," he said. "If they are found to bring weapons, confiscate them and arrest the persons. This is what has caused the troubles. They have no business in Ambon but bring in weapons. Therefore the Ambon case is never settled," he said. Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, said Maluku had already been put under a special control command headed by the regional military commander. He said stern actions were needed but the government has had no plan to impose an emergency status for the region. Community clashes which erupted in a number of subdistricts in northern Halmahera island of the North Maluku district, including in Tobelo, jailolo and Galela islands have reportedly claimed hundreds of lives and damaged variuos government and public facilities. The Indonesian Defence Force <TNI> headquarters said that, altogether, there have been 8,000 additional army troops deployed in North Maluku to support about 1,000 personnel of the police and unorganic military troops in maintaining security in the district. <T/PUS-01/RU-03/NN-06/ri2/20:16/TB06> Jakarta, Jan 7 <ANTARA>-President Abdurrahman Wahid called on Moslems, especially in the strive-torn area of Maluku, not to kill fellow Moslems for the sake of certain political interest. "Religion has been used as a political instrument to control another Moslem," the President said in a dialog with Moslems after Friday prayers in the Baiturrahim Mosque at the Merdeka Palace compound, here Friday. He said certain Moslems in Maluku had used other religious followers to kill fellow Moslems in the communal clashes in the region so far. "We have to do our best to prevent eventualities," he said in respond to a question from an attendee of the prayers. Wahid further said that he has instructed the newly-installed indonesian Police Chief Let Gen Rusdihardjo to seize whoever comes to Maluku with weapons. "Several hundred people have been dispatched from Jakarta. I have already ordered the police chief to search them as soon as they arrive at one of the islands in the Maluku province," he said. "If they are found to bring weapons, confiscate them and arrest the persons. This is what has caused the troubles. They have no business in Ambon but bring in weapons. Therefore the Ambon case is never settled," he said. Wahid, better known as Gus Dur, said Maluku had already been put under a special control command headed by the regional military commander. He said stern actions were needed but the government has had no plan to impose an emergency status for the region. Community clashes which erupted in a number of subdistricts in northern Halmahera island of the North Maluku district, including in Tobelo, jailolo and Galela islands have reportedly claimed hundreds of lives and damaged variuos government and public facilities. The Indonesian Defence Force <TNI> headquarters said that, altogether, there have been 8,000 additional army troops deployed in North Maluku to support about 1,000 personnel of the police and unorganic military troops in maintaining security in the district. <T/PUS-01/RU-03/NN-06/ri2/20:16/TB06> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 11 Jan 2000 jam 06:55:10 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
