yeah see ya!
Siswanto Siswo wrote:
> >From: "Mike Suss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >There is no way that aid funds will continue as before. I can assure >you
> >all of that.
>
> Saya dapat email dari salah satu kawan di milis univerasitas di Jateng,
>
> Yang memulai perang ekonomi adalah Oz, pertama boikot Garuda, kedua boikot
> angkutan barang kapal Indonesia, apa perlu di balas ?
> Yang memulai perang media juga Oz, Perang media juga marak dengan
> agresifitas media Oz yang kelewatan brutal.
> Jadi BUKAN Indonesia yang memulai.
>
> STATEMENT OF WIHDRAWAL
>
> Under various considerations and after listening to the views of several
> advisers and friends, finally I decide to discontinue my study in Australia
> for the following reasons:
>
> While I am very aware of the unacceptable realities in East Timor as
> reported by Australian mass media and understand the position that the
> Australian government has taken vis-à-vis Indonesia, both of which, may be
> based on concerns on the problems of violence and the violations of human
> rights in East Timor, I personally feel that there have been serious
> IMBALANCED and excessive aggressiveness in the Australian mass-media
> reporting and the impurity of their motives in defending the human rights.
> It is my view that Australian government and Australian media have become
> UNfair to Indonesia in the case of East Timor in various occasions. Based
> on the above perception, I profoundly feel uncomfortable and vigourously
> convinced that it would be unjustified for me to study in Australia at the
> moment and therefore I decide to withdraw myself from studying at the
> Australian National University.
>
> Just like what the world monetary institutions and some other countries do,
> the Australian government has also exploited the giving of aids to Indonesia
> as an instrument to pressure Indonesian government regarding the problems of
> East Timor, which in my view, is unacceptable.
>
> As an Indonesian student receiving a scholarship from the Australian
> government to study in Australia, I am personally offended by such
> aggressiveness and unjust treatments, thus, the decision to withdraw from
> studying in Australia should be seen as a protest against such unacceptable
> behaviours.
>
> It must be noted that this decision should not be interpreted as a
> manifestation of a blinded nationalistic sentiment which undermines the
> importance of human rights in East Timor. I severely condemn the Indonesian
> military actions that have brought about violences, atrocities and killings
> in East Timor and other parts of Indonesia. I also respect the choice that
> the East Timorese have taken to be separated from Indonesia as I believe
> that it is the right of the East Timorese to have an independent country.
>
> Sincerely,
> Agus Wahyudi
>
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