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Maluku Clan Violence Not as Bad as Rumors Say: Police |
| News - Ambon Daily |
| Written by News Desk-Jakartaglobe |
| Monday, 13 February 2012 07:56 |
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Ambon. Officials and police on Sunday dismissed rumors that dozens of people had been killed in a violent internal clan fight in Maluku over the weekend, saying that the death toll only stood at six. Rumors suggested that dozen of bodies were found in one of the 300 houses burned in the violence when groups within the Salampessy clan in Pelauw village in the Central Maluku island of Haruku clashed. Maluku Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Johanis Huwae said that if there had been dozen of bodies found in one of the burned houses, the local police would have officially reported it. Rumor-instigated clashes in the province have degenerated into widespread violence in recent years. In 1999, rumors exaggerating a small incident sparked the sectarian violence that engulfed the region from 1999 to 2002, leaving thousands dead. In September, violence erupted in Ambon after rumors spread by text message that a Muslim man had been murdered by Christians, though the man actually died in an automobile accident. Seven were killed in the ensuing clash and thousands fled the city. “That is a really irresponsible rumor,” A.R. Uluputty, the head of the Maluku office for National Unity and Political Affairs, said by telephone from Pelauw. Uluputty has been in Pelauw since Saturday at the order of Maluku Governor Kalrel Albert Ralalahu to coordinate with the local village chief and public leaders to halt the conflict. He said most of the clan members were now seeking shelter in neighboring villages and the provincial social affairs office. “What is important is that the situation in Pelauw is now under control and the local people who are not involved in the dispute are able to conduct their usual activities again,” Uluputty said. He said he had also coordinated with local public figures to make sure the violence would not happen again. “The dispute only involves the Salampessy clan, and this should be settled through a customary approach,” he added. Police have said that the conflict was fueled by a disagreement in deciding the date to reopen the clan’s traditional long house. The clash began on Thursday and subsided on Saturday morning when Maluku Police deployed personnel to disperse the warring clans. The Salampessy clan is the largest in Negeri Pelauw and it is divided into two subclans: Salampessy Muka and Salampessy Belakang. Three of the fatalities came from Muka and the other two from Belakang. Johanes said each subclan insisted on having the traditional ceremony to officiate the long house on different dates that they believed brought good luck and prosperity. |
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