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Press release from FAF Bandung Indonesia
I'm lukman representing FAF Bandung Indonesia heres teh press release
from our last action against militerism that held on 21st mei 1999, the
day when soeharto's rezim was fall.
LAST ACTION REPORT
On May 21st, the day Suharto overthrowned last year, FAF along with
other resistance organisation held a demonstration using the moment to
campaign for recent issues : eliminating militer's dual function,
boycot the next election (because it's a fake one, a trap), campaigning
for the real transitional government. The rally was 500 strong, consist
of students, labours, farmers, slum-dwellers and local hc/punk
scenesters harassed by a number of riot police. The police attacked the
our peaceful protest and a clash happened causing three of us injured.
In this action we try to waken up the mass so they realize that June
election is just another b.s. Because the militer and the status quo
still exist in legislatives, in other words, they still oppressed us,
the people. It's quite difficult for us because right now the mass is
illusioned by the election, they're still on that old euphoria state of
mind.
The same actions also happened in other cities like Jakarta, Solo, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Lampung, and Padang with different scales of chaos. The biggest one happened in Jakarta which cause 75 injured and hundreds being jailed.
Right now, Indonesia is in campaigning days. Most people believe that
the June election will change the condition which going worst day after
day. They don't realize that whoever win this election the regime is
already win 34% position in legislative. In the other place people still killed in Aceh, Timor and Papua. Bloodshed's still everywhere.
The next weeks we try to campaign the issues as long as we can. We try
to keep organising mass for the insurrection moment. We're waiting for
it patiently with our fist clenched.
herewith i enclose our mail address maybe if you guys have any literature or anything could help us is very helpful to us, for supporting our struggle
please write on the envelope those letters, never adding anything else, because we are avoiding censoring from the gov'nt ppl
PO BOX 1853
bandung 40018
west java
indonesia
ok that's it for now for the future action we were planning to made an
action in 7 june when the election were held, and so on and so on, we
will inform you guys for our future action
in solidarity
LUKMAN
FAF
(Front Anti Fasis)
bandung-Indonesia