(Saniri Punu Risa / Struggling to regain the 'incredible peace and order' of the Moluccas)

1. MALUKU IN THE SCOPE OF

THE EARTH’S ECOLOGY –AND WORLD ECONOMY.

A Local Challenge to Global Survival.

This is about the interdependency of life -and the functions of Nature and Culture which confirming the facts, that, “Any activity to conserve the natural and cultural barriers in one area might be assented and warranted as A Local Challenge to Global survival.”

By a very simple look, however, we can easily see how crucial are the functions of the walls and barriers installed between species or animals in a zoo. We can easily see also, how danger there can be if those walls and barriers are destroyed. Through this illustration, we would have seen, that:

Natural and cultural barriers between the origin populations of every soil in this planet are the God’s original creation; that had been made for countless good and most crucial reasons; most crucial than the walls of whatever zoo we would see. They are to protect the life and the rights of us as individuals; and us all as nations’ society in the world. Think also to the following facts:

“Europe is monolithic. The Europe’s nations might all look the same. But don’t think, that the Natural and Cultural barriers between Germany and the Netherlands for instance can be destroyed. Men are not super enough to face the consequences when Europe is threatened to become One Nation, One Language and One State.” These are the assumptions of total responsibility that might to be used to cope with the increasing threat of Political and Environmental Degradation in the world, in the regions of South Asia and West Melanesia, the so-called Indonesia. (See Chapter 2, /The Slaughtered of Nature and Culture in Maluku). Concerning such situation, we wish to present an overview regarding the Functions of Nature and Culture in Maluku.

We do introduce Maluku hereby, not only because it is the very soil we have. But also because it has a wide contribution in the scope of the world economy and earth ecology. In which, Its Tropical Rain Forests are the invaluable elements that are very crucial to earth’s and human’s survival. Rain Forests around the world might all look the same, they perform many different complex jobs according to the needs of human and species they contain. Even different according to the geographical position they are or situated.

1.1. The functions of nature and culture in Maluku.

The Moluccan’s Islands including the Islands of Celebes are a transitional area between Two Oceans and Two Continents. At such geographical position, Rain Forests there perform many complex jobs that affect the life of fauna and flora both in the woods and in the maritime areas in and outside those Islands.

« The wetlands, the lowlands –and Highlands Evergreen Forests in those Islands are to function as air condition and protective shield of ozone at Northern and Southern Hemisphere that affect the life of human and species in many regions of the world.

The strong, high, most various and lushes Rain Forests standing there not only to recycle water from the air that falls as rain; not only to be like home for fauna and flora « they contain. But also to clean and release rivers’ –and ground’s water in steady. And to prevent the muddy bursts that causes destructive flood and erosion."

The Banda Sea in South Maluku is installed like a basin to communicate the Great Ocean and Indish Ocean. So that during the East Season, the cool stream flow in from the Great Ocean into it full of plankton; that enabling rich fishing at the whole maritime areas in Maluku. From where, the rich and fresh streams flow forwards to the West, and there the comparative warm, dirty and poor food streams from the Indonesian’s seas can be filtered and enriched seasonally forever. The uniqueness of nature and all its resources of wealth like these are the God’s original creation that might be exploited and preserved according to the life’s norms and customary laws He gifts to the population of the very soil He installed, (See point1.4./Sasi).

1.2. Maluku in the scope of the world economy.

Maluku is richly endowed with natural wealth including various expensive minerals, which existed both in the woods and in the maritime areas. Basically the natural wealth of Maluku can be divided in two categories:

(1) The export products and,

(2) Daily needs products.

Among the countless green plants in the Moluccan’s Rain Forests that absorb CO2 as part of a complex food making process, there are clove –and nutmeg trees that made Maluku known in the World History as Spice Islands. Beside this, the sago, coco –and gamutu trees are the very important plants. That provide with almost 99% of foods and house holding materials the whole year over.

All investigation will see it clearly, that since Rain Forests in Maluku are not being damaged, Its Natural Wealth are always yielding and contribute to the world economy. Also all basic human needs, namely foods and house holding materials there can be found forever.

1.3. Maluku in the scope of earth ecology.

The maritime areas along the Island Groups Maluku, Celebes, and Nusa Tenggara forming a Great Channel, the so-called Wallacea that communicates the Great Ocean and the Indish Ocean. The Boundaries of that Channel, the so-called Bounds Wallacea existed as break lines and filter that separating and cleansing the Bright Cleans Waters/Seas along that Channel from the Muddy and Dirty Seas of the South Eastern side of Indonesian. The Boundaries also become a break line between that Channel and the Seas along the Northern –and Western side of Australia and Papua. The Islands Groups along that Channel are standing there like Natural Poles/Dykes to soft the strength of Winds and Ocean Tides that moving from one of those Oceans.

All keenly observation on he functions of Nature as described at the points 1,2 and 3 above, will see it clearly, that, «From the highest tops of the mountains to the deepest ground of the sea, the life in all part of our natural environment, including soil, plants, animals and fish are affected by the Functions of Rain Forests. If we damage Rain forests in those areas, we endanger more than just only the life of fauna and flora; we also damage the Functions of the Wallacea and the structure of earth ecology.»

1.4. Sasi, the Moluccan’s way of nature conservation and reforest station.

«sasi» is the way of nature conservation in Maluku. It is to give the chance to the soil, plants, animals and fish to regain their strength of productivity. And to let a bare ground cover again by various trees after the Forests are cut down.

In the governing system of Maluccan’s traditional society, the milieu observers are called Lau Mulaa Puuno and Ria Mulaa Puuno (Woods and Sea Observers). And Kewang(s) is (are) the guards in the woods -and sea areas The Ria Mulaa and Lau Mulaa Puuno knew why, how and when Sasi ought to be done. They see also that,

Within three to five months long a bare ground covered with the so-called Aong-muda (young jungle); that growing to become Aong-tua (Old Jungle) in three to five years long. And in five to ten years long Old Jungle growing to become Ewang-muda (Young Forests), that further growing in twenty to thirty years, to become Ewang-tua /Old Forests, the so-called Rain Forests).

Clear enough that Rain Forests are not be planted. They might be allowed to grow naturally. And through the wisdom of Sasi, the Moluccan people inhabits and farms those Islands since the ancient times without causing a single river or stream drought; or causing too many species disappeared in a relative short times.

1.5. pa’PELA LISA/PUNU RISA (= problems solving method).

In the Moluccan’s traditional society any serious problem, difficulty and tragedy is called ‘lisa or risa.’ While the divine consciousness and the way to solve any risa, is called ‘pa’PELA LISA or PUNU RISA (= uprooted the Germs of Hatred, caused by ‘the problem or tragedy.’)

And as the result of ‘pa’PELA LISA or PUNU RISA, a lasting relationship, the so-called ‘p e l a’ is established Literally ‘p e l a’ means ‘finished, over, remember to forget and, a lasting peace.’

1.5. pa’PELA LISA/PUNU RISA (= problems solving method).

In the Moluccan’s traditional society any serious problem, difficulty and tragedy is called ‘lisa or risa.’ While the divine consciousness and the way to solve any risa, is called ‘pa’PELA LISA or PUNU RISA (= uprooted the Germs of Hatred, caused by ‘the problem or tragedy.’)

And as the result of ‘pa’PELA LISA or PUNU RISA, a lasting relationship, the so-called ‘p e l a’ is established Literally ‘p e l a’ means ‘finished, over, remember to forget and, a lasting peace.’

1.6. Sama-Suru / Sovereignty.

The right meaning of Sama-Suru is ‘distributed of functions or parting to be functioned.’ The functions that are traditional in the Moluccan’s Customary Laws are among others the afore said « Ria Mulaa –and Lau Mulaa Puuno -and, the three basic power in a democratic government which are traditional in the Moluccan society. Those powers are:

• Saniri – the legislative power
• Latu Patty – the executive power and,
• Upu Hena or Latu Nusa – the juridical power.

In the period of Sama-Suru, the MORIALE/MONOLITHY of the Moluccan’s national society felt apart into Henaja (many Henas/many villages). Every Hena arose as a Polis/Village-republic that was free and sovereign, with the same governing system as mentioned above.

The situation of the Moluccan’s Henaja is comparable with the Polises in ancient Greece. In which the three basic power (Trias Politica) introduced by Montesquieu in the period preceding the French Revolution and nowadays put into practice by the Constitutional Monarchies as well as by the Democratic States in the world existed already in Maluku since ancient times.

1.7. Mena-Muria / Rediness.

Mena-Muria is the Moluccan’s national watchword; which indicates that the Moluccan’s national society existed since the beginning as an independent and sovereign people, living on her own rightful ground.

Symbolically Mena-Muria means Ready from Stem to Stern, like a ship fully equipped for a journey moving on the sea; defying all kinds of winds, currents and storms. This symbolic meaning declares Moluccan’s Existence as a nation with all its moral and materials riches.

In the era of Sama-Suru, the Moluccan’s ancestors were called upon to establish their nature and integrity a nation on this earth. After the achievement of the integrity of Maluku, Maluku thus having become the hereditary ground of Siwa-Lima (the Moluccan people), the notion Mena-Muria was enounced. This means that Nationally as well as Regionally the Moluccan society had been existed as free and sovereign people.

Literally, Mena-Muria means Alif dan Ja = the Beginning and the End. This straight meaning is an instinctive subjection to the One Power that has given them their rightful inheritance. They are therefore convinced that although they in course of time had been parted and divided seriously; time will bring them back with the help of the Power who had said I am the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega alias Mena-Muria.

The Assertion:

The functions of Nature and Culture described above reflecting it clearly, that since the beginning Maluku was politically and economically independent. And, History is still bearing witness on our behalf, that

Among the nations from East and West who made an utmost to dominate and exploit Maluku, Dutch was the One who was and still is trying to completely make an end the Moluccan freedom and sovereignty.

Hongey and Deportation was the famous Destructive-measures She committed along the l7th Century /from 1621 towards 99 onwards, to totally destroy and deny the Moluccan’s freedom and sovereignty. If the Kingdom of the Netherlands just only want to abolish Her destructive measures in Maluku, then at least,

1. She would have recognised and warranted the Government of Republik Maluku Selatan / Republic of the South Moluccas) as the SURVIVOR NATIONAL ADMINSTRATION in Maluku, that had been proclaimed on April 25, l950, in Ambon City. And at most
2. She might oppose the Jakarta Empire alias RI/Republik Indonesia which illegally annexed and occupied Maluku since 1950, up to now.

We don’t blind to the facts that the Moluccan’s national body had almost broken and paralysed. And more over that the  tragedies 12 ears ago between Muslims and Christians there had been triggered and fed by the Jakarta Empire. As the way to completely Re-snatching the Moluccan’s society to the essence of its freedom and sovereignty. However, base on the aforementioned Functions of Nature and Culture, I can ensure the International Community of States, with complete confidence, that:

• The divine consciousness of ‘p e l a’ namely the incredible peace and brother’s relationship between Muslims and Christians in Maluku can be made heal and strength again as before; just whenever the Suppressors and all their Destructive-measures there are being abolished and dislodged. And in this case, however,
• An Administering power and a sincere-vision from the side of A Member State of the UN are urgently needed.

Autor O. Sahalessy

chapter 10:

THE CASE 0F DR. J. LEIMENA

An important fact is related to Dr. J. Leimena (a Moluccan),, a reputed champion of the "neo colonial R.I. policy", former vice premier and highest R.I. advi­sor. Only after 21 years being active in the R.I. government, he experience's the practice of the R.I. military and police dictatorship at Amahey.

During the election campaign (1971), Dr. Leimena arrived on the ship "Laut Harafuru" to give information about his party "Parkindo" (Christian Party of Indonesia). The meeting was beaten up and dispersed by the R.I. soldiers and the police who are supporters of the GOLKAR, in order that the population was prevented to welcome him, the minister of the Indonesian government, but not a member of GOLKAR by chance. Struck by this scene, he cried out to the people from the ship via the loudspeaker, but the soldiers and the police carried on their action undisturbed; they were led by the lieutenants Puniran and Unihopo. Meanwhile a red flag was set up on the quay to signal that the ship couldn't moor; the quay wasn't yet officially in operation, was their argument. Thus Dr. Leimena was forced to go ashore in a small boat.

Deeply stricken by this painful experience he emotionally cried out: "Now I realize, that my own people, the Malaccans, are not free within this state".

After his arrival in Djakarta he suddenly died without any obvious cause of death.

chapter 9:

THE TWOFOLD SUPPRESSION OF

THE MOLUCCAN RIGHT OF INDEPENDENCE

(a) Indonesian Ethnocentralism.

The R.I. policy is directed towards on purpose violating the Essence of the Ethnological History of all nations outside Java, which veere part of the former Dutch Bast Indies, in such a way, that it might be Basier to turn them into something, that could be identified with the History and Culture of the Hin­duese Empire of Modjopahit in order to finally create the New Indonesia.

This wicked ambition has caused much bloodshed and heavy toss of life in a way, quite allen to any sense of humanity. Sometimes this was done in the open, sometimes concealed. All the bloody events, which first took place in the Moluccas and then in Celebes, Sumatra, Papua, Malaysia and Timor, are clear evidences. On this account we therefore impeach the R.I. of political crimes and diplomatic misconduct.

As has been shown in many ways (see chapters 3 and 8) herewith we can give a summary of the political crimes of the neo colonial R.I. (her political aggres­sion and bloody naturalization) in our country the Moluccas.

(b) Deportation and manipulation.

The "evolutionary" process of the Dutch policy of deportation, which had almost paralyzed our people, was suddenly brought to a halt by the revolution, which was supported by many West Melanesians in Southeast Asla (1945). In the politi­cal situation of that tinre and later on (1950), the Moluccans fell apart into three groups, namely:

1. The first group was shipped directly to the Netherlands,
2. The second group attempted to ranch her occupied fatherland,
3. The third group didn't realize the political purposes of the neo colonialis­tic R.I. and preferred Indonesian citizenship.

This division hit especially those, who at the time lived abroad and served in the colonial array and who veere activa in the civil service. Through the last group, led by dr. J. Leimena, Indonesia could present itself as if actions

against the Moluccas are legitimate...

The Moluccas veere assaulted on the pretext that this was an internal Indonesian affair. Ten thousands of our people lost their Jives and the standards of Jus­tice and Humanity were brutally violated, also because Leimena c.s. did not know or did not realize yet that eventually the truth would be suppressed (see chapter 10).

(c) Aqgression and manipulation.

The neo colonial R.I. has fiercely purported, that the Republic of the South Moluccas would be a tool of the Dutch; thus she tried to ranke the world believe that the Dutch intended to colonize Southeast Asia and West Melanesia again by the policy of forming the Republic of the South Moluccas. Many nations of the former Dutch Bast Indies veere convinced by this propaganda and therefore it isn't surprising, that they let themselves be used to attack us: a nation which is actually struggling to rid itself from colonial influences. Our military strength as a matter of fact was numbered 60 men, because the main body of 4000 men was transferred to the Netherlands.

Here follows a chronological account of the events in Maluku in 1950:

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May 3: The T.N.I. (the Indonesian Array) occupied the North Moluccas.

May 14: Namlea on Buru Island shelled by Indonesian corvettes.

June 3: The T.N.I. infiltrated and occupied Dodo (Aru Island).

July, 13 A T.N.I. force of 1,000 men attacked Namlea; the attack was beaten off.

July, 14 A T.N.I. force of 1,800 men attacked Namlea, with the same result. July, 17 3,000 men attacked Namlea; 75% were destroyed, before they could take the island.

July, 19 Attack on Piru (West Ceram) witti 1,500 men.

Attack on Amahey (South Ceram) with 3,000 men. R.I. aircraft and corvettes bombarded Amboina city; great slaughter among the population. A.T.N.I. force of 6,000 men attacked Tolehu (North Ambon) and pushed ahead to Suli and Ambon city. Hitu Lama attacked by 2,000 men. Amboina city along the bay attacked witti 2,000 men. Wahai (North Ceram) attacked with 1,500 men. Second wave on Wahai, now involving 3,000 men. With the use of 8,450 men the T.N.I. finally succeeded to occupy Amboina city (combined operations of army, air force and navy). Renewed attack on Amboina city, now with tanks and armored cars; Amboina now finally occupied.

Meanwhile the attack on South and East Ceram was uninterruptedly continued.

Tenthousands of T.N.I. soldiers were committed to attack this island; from the bases Waraka, Amahey, Tehoru to the A.P.R.M.S. forces in Bula Northeast Ceram.

The population of Ceram suffered daily from the attacks and bombardments of the R.I. airforce and  navy.

(d) The economic blockades.

For three years (1950 1953) the straits between Amboina, Lease and Ceram were blockaded by the R.I. navy. The isles of Saparua and Nusalaut were continually and fiercely bombarded (1954). At the end there was nothing left to the people; she saw no way to withdraw to Ceram; the only alternative was to surrender.

(e) The national resistence.

After severe losses inflicted upon the R.I. forces, the main body of the Moluc­can army (the A.P.R.M.S.) fell back to Ceram and Haruku, to continue the strug­gle. Hundreds of young Moluccans fled every year to the Ceramese interior from the occupied Islands to join the guerilla forces. Intellectuals, who at that time enjoyed the confidence of the people were authorized to lead the political mission abroad, in order to raise the matter of the R.I. aggression against the Moluccan Republic before the international public and to confute the R.I. pro­paganda. Their main task however, was to establish diplomatic relations with the other sovereign countries, and to seek military support, so that the people and the guerilla forces could put up against any attack from outside on the legal R.M.S. territory.

(f) The Netherlands accomplice.

The members of the official Political Commission of the R.M.S. were arrested by the Dutch authorities on the ilth of October 1952 upon their arrival at New Guinea. Mr. Alvarez Manusama was prohibited to spaak. As a result he had not been able to fulfill his duties and responsibilities towards his people.

Doing this, the Dutch government tics net only violated the status of an official representative, but above all she tics trampled down the International Law (in particular the Geneva Convention of the 28th of July, 1951) with the effect, that the matter tics become isolated from the Security Council. Her hypocritical policy gave all liberty to the R. I. aggressor to carry through his criminal policy towards the peoples of Southeast Asia and West Melanesia.

(g) Another reason for the isolation of the Moluccan question?

It is net proper to answer the question as why ir. Manusama tics so easily accepted his prohibition to speak. Time (History) will show. What must be accentuated here is the Pact, that Dutch actien taken against the leader of our Political Missien, tics been ene of the main causes why already for years our struggle tics been prevented of getting attention in the international press. In the beginning our struggle was closely watched by the international press, but international attention tics been ever since suppressed.

The R.I. tics been given all the liberty to mutilate and destroy our identity, net clone of these who live in Maluku, but also of our people, who live abroad.

But what has ir. Manusama done about that??

(h) The TRI-KORA operations.

Beginning in 1960 the R.I. invasions were carried out more intensively by the "TRI KORA" forces. The TRI KORA is an abbreviation standing for "TRI KOMANDO RAJAT" (or "TIGA KOMANDO RAKJAT"), the three army units. While giving the world the pretext, that it was moving towards Papua Barat (West Papua), the TRI KORA was in fact encircling the R.M.S. bases on Ceram and Haruku. The first outrage was the systematic destruction of all means of living, sago plantations and  allotments. Contact with the population and the guerilla array was broken by torturing and murdering everyone who could be suspected of secretly supporting and cooperating with the underground R.M.S. array..

Due to the superior power of the TRI KORA, virtually all available ammunition of our array ran out in three years time (1960 1963). Consequently all R.M.S.­ bases on Ceram and Haruku fell into the hands of the intruders.

On the 2nd of December 1963, our Great Leader mr. dr. Chr. Soumokil was cap­tured and transferred abroad (to Java); on the 12th of April 1966 he was assas­sinated in close secret (see our Indictment chapter 8).

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• In 1968 the Jarma Aru company, a private (Moluccan) enterprise on Dobo, which occüpied itself with fishing and pearl extraction, was prohibited.
• In 1975 the salad olfactory Nusa Ina Indah at Paso (Ambon) was boycotted and had to be given up.
• In 1979 the Wal Jame floating dock was towed away to Surabaja (Java).

2. Moluccans were deprived of their jobs:

• In 1974 40 heads of family who had been working for Beven years at the State Electric Company in Batu Hadja (Ambon) were fired on the spot with­out reasons given and without a fair investigation into their possible faults; their places were offered to 40 other heads of family, who were fetched Erom Java.
• All senior officials in both array and police, as welf as the civil administration, are Erom Javanese origin; our Adat system is in danger.

(k) The undermining of the democratic rights of the Moluccan people.

By subtle intimidation the judiciary and the parliament was and is prohibited to defend or protect citizens, arrested on suspicion of R.M.S. activities or Indonesian Communist Party (P.K.I.) membership. Due to this ten thousands of prisoners have been sentenced to lifelong exile Erom their homeland without any trial. Since 1965 among them are more than 10,000 Moluccans; they have been and are mainly imprisoned in the prisons and concentration camps of Liang Ambon, Liang Ceram (Haruru) and Ob!.

With the so Galled transmigration policy the R. 1. regime justifies the annual flow of thousands of enfranchised Javanese from the overpopulated Java to the Moluccas and other Islands; the purpose of this policy is self evident.

(l) The destruction and waste of our natural resources.

Without consideration of our claims, stemming from our Adat (customary law),

ten thousand cubic meter of timber has been cut away From our jungles; moreover

only imported manpower is used, especially from the Philippines. This whole process has caused an increased poverty on the Moluccas, the more so as the Indonesian intruder deliberately omits to secure the ecological balance. A con­sequence of this is the famine among 5,000 people in the surroundings of, awai Pia (West Ceram). Especially our countrymen from Teon, Nila and Sarua, wllfo have been deported to this district for doubtful reasons, were victimized   this last deportation has taken place only in 1980  : sixty of them died from starvation and epidemics.

Virtually the entire business of fishing is being driven by Indonesian generals, who cooperate with Japanese companies; so we are robbed of one of our most important means of living and are doomed to live in utter poverty.

(m) The deterioration of our physical and mental condition.

The last few years a remarkable number of women of easy virtue have been transferred to Ambon City and Masohi City (Geram). Indonesians of high military rank and Chinese merchants illegally sell heroine to our young people; until now (1980/1981) well over 65$, mainly no more than seventeen year olds, have fallen victim to this drug. Besides an epidemic of veneral diseases is raging.

Public healthcare is willfully neglected, so that health is dependent on nature. In most villages quakes turn up, but virtually no doctor will be found.

(n) The violation of the essence of history.

Moluccan History and Culture are very subtly adapted, so that it might be identified with the Hindu Culture of the Javanese Empire of Modjopahit. It is made obligatory, that every manuscript or essay attempting to describe our cultural history should bear a Hindu (Javanese) historical halfmark; it is clear, that the primal purpose is to make it seem plausible that the Moluccas is part indeed of the so Galled Indonesian nation. I

Any writing, that is intended to express the originality of the Moluccan cul­ture and aims to maintain that culture is not openly prohibited true enough; however they are all subtly boycotted until now.

As a striking example can be considered the experience of the author of this memorandum: on the 9th of April 1975, he was arrested at Amahey by the Indo­nesian police. He was transferred to Amboina and thrown in the Perigi Lima police station; the reason for the arrest appeared to be his manuscript Galled "SIWA'RIMA". In his cel, he met Mr. E. Sahertian, Hadji Latukonsina and many others. They were arrested because they had the intention to publish a magazine about Moluccan culture, and because they had written a Dutch official body for financial support.

Notwithstanding the Pact that in his case the signer of this Memorandum himself

Received financial support (Rp. 75,000) and other facilities from the PATTY

MURA University in Ambon, he was arrested anyhow; the late Mr. J. Mailoa,

curator of the SIWA'LIMA Museum rendered him assistance.

All his petitions for returning the manuscript, which he presented, to the police and the court of justice, were not met in any case. Unofficially he learned from a justice official (Mr. Ahmat Parry) that he was not wrong in doing his work, tree enough, but his petitions couldn't be met in any way, in view of the official policy of the Indonesian government.

chapter 8:

INDICTMENT

With all the evidence, that speaks for itself (see in particular chapters 7 and 9) we come now to our prime indictment against what calls itself "the Republic ~c of Indonesia", one of the most prominent violators on the world scene of Human Rights, as reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particu­lar of the Right of Self-determination.

The Republic of Indonesia is essentially "a cultural ethnocentrical State" which to this day can only maintain its illegal continuance through a sheer subtle and fascist policy which, with extreme disrespect to the principles of the International Law, not only aims to destroy the self-respect and cultural identity of other nations, but above all is a policy, which means a willful violation of the Right of Self-determination of every nation. An outrage, against which every self-respecting nation cannot remain indifferent.

Moreover the R.I., being a member of the United Nations, is a blemish to the integrity of this Organization, because it has degraded the Charter of the United Nations, as well as diverse resolutions with respect to the Right of Self-determination, to political formalities and daad letters. If the United Nations and particularly the Security Council does not recognize this truth, thee they are not only acting contrary to their oven principles and ideals, but they are actually responsible for the fact that the R.I. will in the near future undoubtly be a potential danger to international peace, security and stability.

Having our oven identity, as .a nation, we don't wish to be forced into an artifi­cial policy, by whatever neo colonial power it mat' be designed. On April 25, 1950, we clearly made our statement to the world, today we repeat that State­ment. Not only because we too have our oven identity in ethnical and cultural respect and have "a right to maintain it", but also long before the beginning of the colonial era, we veere able to manage our oven economy without any inter­ference by a so Galled "R.I.", for... it never existed during that period.

Our history of sufferings and oppressions, as welf as our struggle for recogni­tion and maintaining our Independence has a right to be noticed by all nations.

The legal status of our state has been recognized by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the Hoge Raad (High Council) (1), but it's recognition has never been noticed by the successive governments of this Kingdom. As a result of the Korean War, the Jatter acquired more priority, and it was decided to postpone the discussion of the Moluccan affair (2). welre not blind to the International political reality, but we wish to put it clearly that we have a right of our conflict with the R.I. being treated by the General Assembly and the Security Council. The credibility of the United Nations is at stake.

• From 1950 to 1967 all that for which we have been struggling so intensively, namely our freedom, has been destroyed by the R.I. military.
• From 1967 on until today, all our effort to put forward the political ideal of the R.M.S. in Maluku, is being destroyed by the R.I. police and military.
• From 1950 on until the present day mant' of our people are being killed in the struggle for our fatherland.

We would like to draw your attention to some of these assassinated freedom fighters as a way to prove clearly the crimes of the R.I. and Dutch government.

Moreover with this evidence we would like to confirm our proposal, that the R.M.S. question will be raised again on the international level as Boon as pos­sible.

(a) Evidences in Indonesia.

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(b) Evidences (In the Netherlands).

Attention also for the position of our young freedom fighters abroad (parti­cularly in the Netherlands) is relevant in this connection. The main cause; if not the sole cause of the waning patience of the Moluccan youth. in the Nether­lands appears to be the failure of a righteous solution of our cause.

This in fact has been the reason that the Dutch people have shockingly experienced their outburst of pain and anger. Dutch public opinion condemned them as terrorist; a condemnation, urtjustly leaving out the consideration of the official Dutch policy witti respect of the Moluccan people. This negative opinion was strongly fortified by the Dutch prees.

There is however a different view on the whole affair. A view, based on the continual history of Dutch cruelties committed on us. Was has its own rules. The way the R.I. and the successive Dutch governments are isolating and adver­sing us has made our youth realize, that our people are actually in a state of war. For this reason they acted as "soldiers" and not as terroriste. They acted from awareness, on a level on which patriottic sentiments are closely inter­weaved with life  and deathphenomena.

Whilse the cash of the youth was on trial, the Dutch government was not able to see their actions different Erom delicts. She would not realize the causes, why our youth feels compelled herself to act as soldiers.

The Dutch government continually ignores the juridical aspects of the Moluccan cause, which stilt exist. Because of this attitude of the Dutch government, we call upon the international public opinion to care about the Moluccan people, who stilt Jives in disoord because of the manipulation and intimidation by the neo colonial povers of Indonesia and the Netherlands.

chapter 7:

THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RI

(a) A neo colonial state.

The R.I. Is a ratio colonial state build on the foundations of the former Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia and West Melanesia. The Indonesian nation does not exist. The word "Indonesia" is made up from "Indus" _ "India", and "Nesos"­"Islands" or "Archipelago". This term was introduced by the English Anthropo­logist Earl in 1850 to indicate the group of islands between Asia and Australia, including Madagascar, Malaysia, the Philippines and Papua. It is clear, that this isn't a nation, but a world of nations (1).

(b) A junta with five crimes. II

The international world knew the R.I.: as a constitutional state based upon the

Pantja Sila (the Five Norms). These norms are:

1. The one supreme God,
2. Humanity,
3. The unity of Indonesia,'
4. Democratic wisdom,
5. Social justice for the whole Indonesian population.

But when we use the Pantja Sila to measure the crimes of the R.I., we come to the conclusion, that the allusion of the Javanese poet Rangga Warsita is true, when he states:

• When Petruk became king, evil got a chance to manifest,
• On the wateraide they reached a compromisti to be able to do all the evil,
• Food was weighed, the pointer without numbers,
• The present system is nothing different from the former Dutch colonial i system,
• 50% of the Javanese people get rich like the Dutch; sorry for the Chinese,
• now the baraks are built of steel, but once they will disappear,
• in other words; the thief wilt yet be robbed in the future*.

From these words of Rangga Warsita can be concluded that the R.I. is a conspi­racy which manifested itself as a state, which rattles with the military wea­pons, ignores her own constitution and is guilty of a number of things, among others:

• The subjection of the peoples in Southeast Asia and West Melanesia (Maluku, Celebes, Malaysia and Timor),
• The policy of ethnocentralisation (or Javanisation, see chapter 9), aiming at the destruction of all non Javanese identities,
• The infiltration of the police and the army among the people to manipulate and intimidate the society to support the GOLKAR (the Indonesian's Army Poli­ tical Party),
• The lifelong detention of tens of thousands of people as political prisoners without any legal process, and murder of hundreds of thousands of souls from 1950 up to now, transgressing every limit of Humanity and Justice.

*   ana dalo lia mangsa pada Petruk (Javanese clown) munggo ratu,

  srinding dipinggir kali, sapa ira sapa ingsun,

  ngedum pari ditimbang dewe, ngangg datjin tanpa mata,

  Cantor lasagne lore, oar lira sag Jane Land the Dutch),

  ela el Wong Dow garek separo, Lando garek Bedjojo, Tinane gelo2,

  saiki tjelengan wesi, mengko tjelengan gaib,

- wong tjolong djadi ketjolong. (2)

• The illegal exploitation of natural resources, causing the people to live in poverty; thousands of 3avanese are robbed of goods and cattle and populate the spaces under the bridgen.

It is clear, that not the Pantja Sila bot the Pantja Salah (the Five Crime s1,. is the foundation of the R.I.

Based upon these realities, we see that:

1. The R.I. isn't entitled to represent us, the nations of Southeast Asia and West Melanesia, at the United Nations.

2. The R.I. delegate at the U.N.O. is only there to express the authority of a movement, namely the armed movement, alias the junta.

c. The D.D.T. policy.

From the very beginning the R.I. had carried out the so Galled D.D.T. policy. The meaning of this abbreviation is: Demobilisant Ditatorial Territorium (mobilizing the power of the people to support the dictatorship to suppress the hereditary rights of the people). Some measures in this context are:

1. To define the Malayan Language as the "Bahasa Indonesia".
2. To change the name Papua in "Irian", the meaning of which is: Ikut Republik Indonesia Anti Nederland; next to unlawfully annexing West Papua in 1963, with the motive that West Melanesian Papua should be Indonesian property.
3. To usarp Maluku; already in 1946 armed political infiltrators were sent to Buru, East Ceram and even Leihitu (Ambon).

The activities of the R.I. against Maluku with the use of manipulated civilians would this way have a legal appearance. The impression would then be created that she was acting against rebels on the request of "loyal citizens"; both the main purpose of the R.I. was to create the impression that Maluku is her own property.

The policy of inciting people against their own compatriots to be able to govern dictatorially, which we Galled the D.D.T. policy, is being continued by GOLKAR (actually a political party of militaries). The GOLKAR is training special officers to infiltrate the society. These people are Galled the "puter­pra", which means: Pengawasan Umum Tentara Terhadap Bakjat, as civilians dis­guised army spies. After their infiltration they will tie the people to themsel­ves or intimidate them to finally subscribe as a member of GOLKAR, and in this way support the generals regime.

People who have never seen through this D.D.T. policy have reproached Soumokil ,Maluku), Qahardmuzakar and Andi Azis (Celebes), Daud Beureux (Sumatra) of being rebels. Only fifteen years later they themselves experienced the bitter taste of this policy. The "Gerakan 30 september" (the Movement of the 30th of September, 1965) was one of the first rising against this policy. Unfortunately half of the population of the R.I. understood the D.D.T. policy; it had become inevitable, that they became instruments of the generals regime to put out the fire of the revolution of the 30th of September. Thousands of people have been brutally slaughtered; tens of thousands of revolutionaries have been impri­soned, tortured and banished for a lifelong exile, without any form of trial, as political prisoners to Buru and Ambon.

chapter 6:

THE REVOLUTIONAIRE PERIOD

(a) The Formation of the R.I.S.

In 1945 all Southeast Asian and West Melanesian nations revolted against Dutch colonialism. Four years later, the Netherlands gave Independence and Sove­reignty to us through the formation of the R.I.S. (United States of Indonesia). The U.N.O. has strongly supported the last mentioned development based on a Resolution of the Security Council, dated January 28, 1949 (point 3), and therefore U.N.O. can be hold responsible for the execution of the Resolution (point 4).

(b) Neo colonialism.

The United States of Indonesia, the creation of which was also desired by the United Nations, was destroyed without any consideration by the Republic of Indonesia which was merely a constituent part of the federation. Despite its fine sounding statement on December 22, 1948 in the Security Council, remaining federal states were unscrupulously and violently "naturalized" by military troops of the R.I. (the official territory of the R.I. is Central Java).

This serious transgression of international law was justified, in front of the international public, by the incredible and poor argument: Internal Affair of the R.I.

(c) Juridical counter measures.

However, before the illegal Republic of Indonesia had the opportunity to install herself as the neo colonial authority (on August 17, 1950), this claim was dis­puted by Mr. Dr. Chr. Soumokil by means of official proclamation of _the Repub­lic of the South Moluccas: an independence claimed by the people on April 25, 1950 in Amboina.

Moluccan students abroad (Djakarta) demonstrated on the 17th of December, 1950 (see illustration 5) and presented a petition opposing the poor argument of the R.I. The proclamation of the Republic of the South Moluccas is not an internal matter and never will be. The United Nations Commission for Indonesia received a similar petition.

(d) Two fold suppression.

From 1950 onwards, the Republic of the South Moluccas was incessantly attacked by thousands of the T.N.I. soldiers, who were equipped with modern arms, which were left behind by the Dutch. Four thousand Moluccan soldiers who served in the colonial Dutch Army and were still encamped on Java awaiting their demobi­lization, were transferred by ship to the Netherlands, by order of the Dutch government; by doing so, the Dutch government deliberately prevented these trained and experienced forces from reinforcing the A.P.R.M.S. (the South Moluccan Army). Only a few of them succeeded to reach the Moluccas. Ultimately it was only 60 soldiers together with the people who many years had to put up against the R.I. aggression, without outside aid.

The Dutch government and the R.I. only then exerted themselves to repatriating Moluccans to Indonesia, when complete military (the Indonesian Army) occupation and control of the Moluccas was attained, when the former Moluccan soldiers were understood to be of no more military importance. They (the Dutch govern­ment and the R.I. regime) launched the policy of repatriation according to which the repatriating Moluccans were set back, labeled as Indonesians.

It needs no argument that we are apparently not free, while our means of existence are in complete control of the neo colonial aggressor.

(e) The international public opinion.

International Rights are a fact in the International political life. Laws and Conventions which protect fundamental Human Rights have been designed and I approved. We therefore insist, that the Dutch government makes clear as to wlsey it still supports and encourages a neo colonial regime (R.I.) in committing "ethnocide and genocide" on the Moluccan people.

We appeal therefore to all nations, including the Dutch people, to give atten­tion to the following facts:

• The presence of thousands of Moluccan people abroad and particularly in the Netherlands, is part of an international problem, for the Dutch and the Indonesian governments are jointly responsible. In order to deny the inter­national political character of the problem, the care of these Moluccans is appointed to the Department of C.R.M. (Culture, Recreation and Social Work). It needs no argument that this is an erroneous policy.
• As long as the Dutch government is prepared to support the "clique" in Djakarta in their jointly set up, policy of repatriation, obligating the repatriating Moluccans to become Indonesians, she is also responsible for the political crimes of the R.I. regime by consciously collaborating and thus seriously infringing the Right of Independence of the Moluccans and other nations of West Melanesia and Southeast Asia.

May God give a new hart to the Dutch government and her people, that they might realize that a Kingdom, which has its existence, based on Justice and Humanity, cannot sustain the violation of the right of sovereignty and independence of another nation.