Last week the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia's office was firebombed because of their support for a independent East Timor. The PRD have been organising rallies in support of East Timor, which have been attacked by the military and police. Running battles have ensued which culiminated in the firebombing last week. In Australia, ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) and Resistance socialist youth organisation have been organising rallies in support of E/Timor's independence. ASIET organised the rally on Sat 11th Sept in Sydney which saw between 25,000 and 30,000 people on the streets. The rally went for over 4 hours and blocked city streets. The High school rallies organised by Resistance saw 2000 students on the streets each in Sydney, Melbourne and over 1000 in Canberra as well as other cities. More rallies are being organised for this week. comradely, Kim B ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:16:52 +1000 From: John Percy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Socialist Party of East Timor Statement; PRD Jakarta office firebombed Socialist Party of East Timor Statement; PRD Jakarta office firebombed >From Democratic Socialist Party, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] September 10, 1999 Dear friends, Attached below are two important statements from East Timor and Indonesia: 1. A statement on the current situation in East Timor by the Socialist Party of Timor (PST) issued September 9 by the PST Delegation in Jakarta, signed by Antonio Lopes, Chairperson. 2. A statement on the firebombing attack on the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) Jakarta office issued September 10 by the PRD Central Leadership Committee, signed by Faisol Riza, Chairperson, and Ida Nasim Mh, Secretary. Could you please circulate these as widely as you can. We will continue to take the liberty of emailing you the most important and urgent information and statements while the crisis situation in East Timor and Indonesia continues. If you would like more extensive information emailed to you, we invite you to subscribe to the Democratic Socialist Party's email information list, DS_NET. Just send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking to subscribe. Word just to hand as this posting is being sent: * 40,000 people attended a lunchtime rally, stopwork and march in Melbourne today to protest the Indonesian military bloodbath in East Timor. * High school students walked out of school to attend rallies in all capital cities. Further information is available from the web site of ASIET: http://www.peg.apc.org/~asiet. Also note that the email address and web site location of the Democratic Socialist Party of Australia have changed. Could all our friends please adjust their address lists, and change the links on their web pages. All mail for the DSP should now be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our web site is now located at: http://www.dsp.org.au/ The addresses and web sites of Green Left Weekly, Resistance, and Links magazine have also changed. Green Left Weekly: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.greenleft.org.au/ Resistance: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.greenleft.org.au/resistance/ Links: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dsp.org.au/links/ Comradely greetings, John Percy national secretary Democratic Socialist Party Australia ______________ PST statement on current situation in East Timor Socialist Party of Timor (PST) PST Asia Pacific External Delegation, Jakarta, Indonesia Statement, 9 September, 1999 Considering: 1. That the May 5 Tripartite agreement placing security in East Timor in the hands of Indonesia has brought the East Timorese people to the edge of extermination; 2. That the responsibility for security and order given to the Indonesian government and security apparatus has not been carried according to the expectations of the international community; 3. That the presence of the Indonesian National Army (TNI) and Police (POLRI) in East Timor is worsening the situation with more civilians losing their lives; 4. That the TNI and Police have misused their authority and have taken sides with the militia to massacre and to carry out a scorched earth policy; 5. That the Military Emergency that the Indonesian government has declared is a purely cosmetic measure. This measure is aimed at isolating the Timorese people in their own country with the aim of being able to organise another referendum under the supervision of Asian Pacific nations and not the UN. 6. That the refugees crossing the East Timorese border are not doing so voluntarily, especially not the pro-independence East Timorese people, but are being forced to do so by the TNI and POLRI and that the East Timorese people are not being afforded protection from any quarter STANCE Based on these considerations the PST Delegation based in Jakarta states on behalf of the PST Central Committee: 1. Rejects the presence of the Indonesian military in East Timor as they are responsible for all the massacres and the total destruction of East Timor and its people; 2. That the responsibility for security that was given to the Indonesian government, in particular the TNI and POLRI, should be withdrawn as this situation is providing the opportunity for these forces to wreak revenge for the losses that they perceive they have suffered in East Timor; 3. Condemns the antidemocratic, and unsportive attitude of the pro-autonomy forces that have been backed up by the TNI and POLRI; 4. Condemns all forms of killings and systematic destruction being carried out by the TNI, Police and militia against the East Timorese people; 5. Condemns all forms of violence and coercion used by the TNI and POLRI against the East Timorese people to force them to leave their homeland; 6. Condemns the revenge being carried out by the TNI, Police and Militia following their defeat I n the referendum; DEMANDS: The above stance leads us to make the following demands: 1. That the UN and international community take firm, speedy and effective measures to force Indonesia, the TNI and POLRI to withdraw from East Timor and disband the militias; 2. To carry out economic and diplomatic sanctions against Indonesia if the violence and massacres continue; 3. To carry out the UN ultimatum to send an International Peacekeeping Force because the 48 hours have passed without any improvement in the situation, instead the killings are more rampant and there are more refugees flooding across the border and the infrastructure of East Timor is being subjected to total paralysis; 4. That the Portuguese government be held responsible for the danger and destruction being inflicted on the East Timorese people because they signed the May 5 agreement which is bringing about the destruction of the East Timorese people; 5. That Portugal use all diplomatic means to convince the countries grouped in NATO to force Indonesia, its TNI and POLRI to withdraw from East Timor in order to protect the East Timorese nation which is threatened by the violence and killings of TNI POLRI and militia in the region. 6. That all the humanitarian NGOs under the auspices of the UN (such as the UNHCR and others) render full assistance to the East Timorese refugees so that all their basic needs, such as food and medicines and medical teams be met, so that they can fully recover and finally return to their homes. Jakarta, 9 September 1999 PST Delegation in Jakarta Antonio Lopes, Chairperson. ______________________________ CENTRAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KPP - PRD) Jl. Jend. Basuki Rahmat No. 7B Jakarta Timur, Tel/fax 8561542 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Statement PRD's HEAD OFFICE BOMBED WITH MOLOTOV COCKTAILS BY SOME UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE After two days of being terrorized by rocks thrown, the head office of the PRD was finally attacked with Molotov cocktails and burned. According to an eyewitness from the block security guard named Begi, this terror attack happened at 01.45 (twenty minutes after the last guest from Moestopo University had gone home). The bombing was done by some unidentified people driving a blue car with police number D 622 Z. Still according to the eyewitness, this car was actually driven around the PRD's head office for about 5 times. The damage caused by this terror attack included: the front door and windows was burned, window glass was broken, one banner of the PRD was burned, and also the electricity installation of the office was damaged. It can be seen clearly that the terror was done for political reasons. >From the damages caused by the burning, and the process of the burning itself, the terror was done by thugs paid by the New Order regime that for these long efforts by all ways to stop all political activities of PRD. We deemed that this terror is really related with the political activities taken by PRD, especially, the PRD's activities in recent days. First, our discussion and political statements on the East Timor issue where the PRD supported the result of the ballot that was won by the independence group. Second, our discussion, political statements, and mass actions in rejecting the National Safety and Security Law. However, the terror will never stop the political activities of the PRD, which aims to fight for and maintain real democracy in Indonesia. Actions of terror will even strengthen our belief that the New Order Regime and its next generation should be resisted until its defeat. For this terror we call for your solidarity support by making political statements or taking action on this issue. Jakarta 10 September, 1999 (02.12 AM) Central Leadership Committee of the People's Democratic Party (KPP-PRD) Faisol Riza Chairperson Ida Nasim Mh Secretary ______________________ --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---