---------------------------------------------------------- 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 18, 2000 SECURITY CONDITIONS IN MATARAM BACK TO NORMAL, SAYS ARMY CHIEF Jakarta, Jan 18 (ANTARA) - Army Chief of Staff General Tyas Sudarto late Tuesday said security conditions in Mataram, Which saw to days of violent riot since Monday, have now returned to normal. Security forces are now in full control of the situation in the major city of the resort island of Lombok, he told reporters. "Security forces handled the Mataram unrest well and I believe it will be over soon," he said. He said security personnel had also mounted a search for the parties responsible for the riots in which ten palces of worship, a yet unidentified number of shops and cars have either been damaged or burned down. Asked about possibility of outsiders having incited the people to riot, he said that the security agencies were considering it. "There is a such possibility because before the locals held a mass rally calling for peace in Ambon, the situation in Mataram was allright. Maybe there were provocateurs who caused the gathering to turn into a riot. That's why we must be watchfull againts the possible spill-over of the Mataram riots," he said. Affan Gafar, an adviser to the Home Affairs Minister, meanwhile, expressed regret about the Mataram unrest. "It is very regretable that the unrest occured in a province where the majority of the population is Moslem. This will definitely tarnish Moslem' image. No religion allow any of its adherents to destroy a place of worship," said Gafar, who is native of West Nusa Tenggara. He believed the Mataram unrest was the result of foot-dragging in the settlement of the sectarian clashes in Maluku. But it also was very likely the unrest was design to discredit the central and religional administrations. (T.KPU-01/KPE-03/5:30PM/NN01/21:25/INT-1JM-22:40/TB06) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 25 Jan 2000 jam 10:23:33 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
