Indonesia: Rebels Urge Netherlands To Interfere In Malukus, by Kazi Mahmood

2004-04-29

The rebel Maluku Sovereignty Front (FKM) has urged the Netherlands, the former colonizer of the Indonesian Malukus islands, to send its troops and encourage international intervention in the spice Islands to allegedly restore law and order and end what it called “genocide”.

A leader of the group, Williem Palemona, told the press in the Netherlands Tuesday, April 27, he met a day earlier with officials of the Dutch government, to update them on the situation in Malukus and seek their assistance.

The Dutch government has, however, refused to make any comment on the FKM leader’s request.

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