[Nasional-e] Maluku separatists get two to five years imprisonment

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The Jakarta Post
Oct 23, 2001

Maluku separatists get two to five years imprisonment=20

AMBON, Maluku (JP): The Ambon District Court here on Monday sentenced 14 =
men for between two and five years for raising four flags of the =
outlawed South Maluku Republic in the provincial capital Ambon on April =
25, Antara news agency reported.=20

They are all members of the Maluku Sovereignty Front pro-independence =
movement.=20

April 25 is the anniversary of the proclamation of the South Maluku =
Republic (RMS) in 1950, a movement which was quickly quashed by the =
government of then president Sukarno. Most of the activists and leaders =
of the group fled to the Netherlands.=20

"Their actions to separate from the unitary state of the Republic of =
Indonesia has caused concern among society and helped to fuel the =
conflict in the Malukus," Judge Riyono said. All defendants said they =
would appeal.=20

Maluku was ravaged by three years of sectarian violence pitting Muslims =
against Christians since Jan. 1999. More than 5,000 people were killed.=20

Intermittent violence has continued since both sides signed a =
government-backed peace pact in February.=20

Some Muslims said the mainly Christian separatist movement helped fuel =
the sectarian violence, while Christians blamed the Laskar Jihad Muslim =
militia.=20

Alex Manuputty and Samuel Waileruni, the leader and senior official of =
the Maluku Sovereignty Front, are on trial in Jakarta.=20

The two are accused of subversion by setting up an illegal organization =
and raising the banned separatist flag. They face a maximum sentence of =
life imprisonment.=20

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<P><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica" size=3D2>AMBON, Maluku (JP): The =
Ambon District=20
Court here on Monday sentenced 14 men for between two and five years for =
raising=20
four flags of the outlawed South Maluku Republic in the provincial =
capital Ambon=20
on April 25, <I>Antara</I> news agency reported.=20
<P>They are all members of the Maluku Sovereignty Front pro-independence =

movement.=20
April 25 is the anniversary of the proclamation of the South Maluku =
Republic=20
(RMS) in 1950, a movement which was quickly quashed by the government of =
then=20
president Sukarno. Most of the activists and leaders of the group fled =
to the=20
Netherlands.=20
"Their actions to separate from the unitary state of the Republic of=20
Indonesia has caused concern among society and helped to fuel the =
conflict in=20
the Malukus," Judge Riyono said. All defendants said they would appeal.=20
Maluku was ravaged by three years of sectarian violence pitting =
Muslims=20
against Christians since Jan. 1999. More than 5,000 people were killed.=20
Intermittent violence has continued since both sides signed a=20
government-backed peace pact in February.=20
Some Muslims said the mainly Christian separatist movement helped =
fuel the=20
sectarian violence, while Christians blamed the Laskar Jihad Muslim =
militia.=20
Alex Manuputty and Samuel Waileruni, the leader and senior official =
of the=20
Maluku Sovereignty Front, are on trial in Jakarta.=20
The two are accused of subversion by setting up an illegal =
organization and=20
raising the banned separatist flag. They face a maximum sentence of life =

imprisonment. </P>
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