PRD member shot dead by military in Lampung International messages of support requested Protest at Indonesian Consulates and Embassies From Democratic Socialist Party Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] September 29, 1999 Dear friends, Demonstrations against the Indonesian military's attempts to grab even greater powers have continued throughout Indonesia. More demonstrators have been killed, including two students in Lampung, one a member of the PRD. International protests and solidarity messages are requested. The following is a compilation of several reports sent to ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) by the Central Leadership Committee of the People's Democratic Party (KPP-PRD) in Jakarta. It also includes a background report on the protest by Agence France Presse. Messages of support can be sent to the PRD at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Further information is available from the extensive ASIET World Wide Web site, now at http://www.asiet.org.au. 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The Democratic Socialist Party has also just set up an East Timor web site, available at: http://www.dsp.org.au/etimor In solidarity, John Percy national secretary Democratic Socialist Party Australia ________________________________________________ PRD MEMBER SHOT DEAD BY MILITARY IN LAMPUNG KPP-PRD - September 28, 1999 Today, a number of organisations in Lampung, South Sumatra, including the Lampung University Student Council (DMUL), the People's Democratic Party (PRD), KMPPL and the Lampung Peasants Council, held an action in front of the Kedaton Military District Command (Kodim). They demanded the withdrawal of the new Emergency Security Bill and the dual function of the armed forces and that armed forces chief General Wiranto be tried in an international court. The demonstration was met with repression by the military and as a result, a clash occurred at 11.23am with shooting continuing until 12.15pm. At least two students were killed and scores seriously wounded. One of the two who died was Jusuf Rizal, a DMUL activists and a member of the PRD. The other victim has not yet been identified. At 12.23pm, the Bandar Lampung University was attacked by troops from the Bandar Lampung Kedaton Sub-district Military Command (Koramil). A number of students were shot. At 2pm, troops again attacked the campus shooting indiscriminately forcing thousand of students to flee. The number of victims is expected to increase significantly. The troops also entered lecture theaters and destroyed what they found inside. At 4.30 troops and police reentered the campus, chasing and beating people, shooting and destroying a number of buildings (Building C and F and the university Rector's building). Ten motor vehicles were also destroyed. As of 5pm, the number of victims had reached 40: - Nine shot with live ammunition or rubber bullets - One dead - 29 suffering injuries as a result of being beaten - 11 being treated at the Abdul Meoloek hospital, two in a critical condition and in a coma. - 13 are being treated at the Advent hospital - 11 have been arrested by the Bandar Lampung police - 5 were abducted in a Red Kijang vehicle number plate B 700 XX. Their whereabouts are unknown. PRELIMINARY LIST OF VICTIMS 1. Dedi Sukasma (22), UBL student, fractured scull, currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek pubic hospital. 2. Yusuf Rizal (23), Unila student and PRD member, shot in the neck, deceased. 3. Ifan (22), from West Java, suffered head wounds and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 4. Budi Wahyudi (22), UBL student, suffered head wounds and currently being treated at the Abdoel Moeloek public hospital. 5. A. Rozak (22), Unila student, suffered head wounds and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 6. Agung Prasetyo (20), UBL student, shot in the thigh and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 7. Dika Rinaldi (24), UBL student, shot in the back and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 8. Erlan (24), UBL student, suffered head wounds and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 9. Fitriansah (25), UBL student, shot in the left shoulder and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 10. Supardi, UBL security guard, gun shot wounds and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 11. Zaidatul Fikri (23), Unila photographer, gun shot wounds, is in a critical condition and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. 12. Retno Supriadi (24), Unila student, shot in the stomach, is in a critical condition and currently being treated at the Abdul Meoloek public hospital. Notes: UBL: Bandar Lampung University Unila = Lampung University The UBL campus is located in front of Kodim Kedaton, the security forces involved in the shootings were from Kodim and a Korem unit called the "Black Garuda" (Garuda Hitam). [Translated by James Balowski, ASIET Publications and Information Officer.] ONE DEAD IN FRESH INDONESIAN STUDENT PROTEST Agence France Presse - September 28, 1999 Jakarta—Protests against a new state security bill in Indonesia claimed another life Tuesday when security forces shot dead a student in clashes in the Sumatra island city of Bandar Lampung, hospitals and reports said. At least 27 others were injured in the protest, which followed the deaths of at least seven people, one a student, in similar protests in Jakarta last week. Tuesday's victim was shot dead in front of the Bandar Lampung University, where the clash broke out after security officials attempted to disperse hundreds of students trying to march to the local military headquarters, said Alira of the Bandar Lampung Legal Aid Institute. Alira could not give further details saying she had yet to get a full report from the members of the institute's team gathering data on the incident. But she said the students had started to march from Lampung University and had passed the Bandar Lampung University where they were joined by hundreds more students, when the clash took place. "A male student was admitted here this morning. He was already dead on arrival," an employee of the emergency ward of the Abdul Muluk hospital in Bandar Lampung said by telephone. He could not give further details but said 11 other students were also brought to the hospital with various injuries. Hospitals in Bandar Lampung contacted by telephone said at least 27 people were injured and rushed to the hospitals, including one in critical condition with a fractured skull and at least five with gunshot wounds. The state Antara news agency identified the dead student as Muhamad Yusuf Rizal, 22, a student of the faculty of social and political sciences at Lampung University. Rizal was the second student to die in protests against the security bill which was passed by the parliament last Thursday. Two days of massive demonstrations against the bill in Jakarta left seven people dead, including a police officer, and a student who was shot by soldiers late Friday. More than 100 others were injured in running clashes in the capital. President B.J. Habibie, citing the bloodshed, suspended his ratification of the bill until further notice. Antara said the Bandar Lampung clash broke out when a thick cordon of police and soldiers barred the way for the student march at Bandar Lampung University. The student protestors, who had intended to march to the Lampung military command, were also demanding the military account for the death of the student in Jakarta. A local journalist said the students were negotiating their passage with officers there when a shot was fired at close range and killed Rizal. In the ensuing panic, students began to throw stones or anything they could find, while the security forces fired more shots and teargas. The clash, which broke out close to noon only subsided after dusk, the journalist said. Antara quoted Lampung military spokesman Captain Muhammad Sufi as saying at least for four security personnel were injured in the clash and were rushed to the military hospital. Sufi denied there were bodies of other dead students at the military hospital. Alira said some students had reported three deaths, while a city telephone operator said he had heard several telephone conversations that spoke of five killed. But none of the other deaths could be immediately confirmed, Alira said. Despite calls by students and rights activists calling on the government to scrap the state security bill, Habibie has said the delay in ratification is only to allow time for the public to study its merits over a 1959 law it is to replace. 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