Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JAKARTA2708
2007-09-25 09:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002708
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, S/CT, DS/ICI/RFJ, DS/IP/EAP, DRL,
EAP/MLS, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/CC, DS/IP/SC, DRL
INR FOR CHARLIE ZENZIE, HEIDI PANETTA
DOJ FOR CTS THORNTON, DAG SWARTZ
DOJ/OPDAT FOR LEHMANN/ALEXANDRE/ BERMAN, DOJ/CTS FOR
MULLANEY, ST.HILAIRE
FBI FOR ITOSI/SSA SOLOMON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
Classified By: Stanley Harsha, Acting Pol/C, for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D
).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002708
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, S/CT, DS/ICI/RFJ, DS/IP/EAP, DRL,
EAP/MLS, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/CC, DS/IP/SC, DRL
INR FOR CHARLIE ZENZIE, HEIDI PANETTA
DOJ FOR CTS THORNTON, DAG SWARTZ
DOJ/OPDAT FOR LEHMANN/ALEXANDRE/ BERMAN, DOJ/CTS FOR
MULLANEY, ST.HILAIRE
FBI FOR ITOSI/SSA SOLOMON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
Classified By: Stanley Harsha, Acting Pol/C, for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D
).
1. (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed media reports state two
Indonesian
National Police (INP) officers were stabbed to death in
separate incidents in Tenate, North Maluku Province. One
officer
was killed on September 22, and the other on September 24
in a suspected dispute between police and military. The
murders may be in retaliation for an earlier incident where
police had attacked members of the Indonesian military who
were found drinking alcohol at a bar. The murders set off
a series of retributions by the police and the military.
The situation is now calm with local police and military
commanders vowing to investigate the situation. End Summary.
2. (C) The first murder occurred on Saturday night,
September 22 over a personal dispute, according to media
sources. The other murder occurred at approximately 1:00
a.m. on September 24. The murder on the 24th is linked to
sweeps INP were conducting through night clubs and bars in
Tenate, to enforce a prohibition on drinking
alcohol during Ramadan, according to police sources.
Sources told emboff the police entered a bar and found
several members of the Indonesian military (TNI) drinking.
Reportedly, words were exchanged between the two groups and
an INP officer hit a TNI member with a beer bottle. Later,
the TNI members assaulted an INP officer outside the police
station, stabbing him to death.
3. (SBU) At 4:15 a.m. on the 24th, two TNI members were
attacked and
stabbed by unknown assailants as they disembarked from a
ship in the Tenate port area, according to media sources.
We could not confirm the extent of the injuries. The media
also reported that later an INP officer was attacked by six
unidentified people. We could not confirm the nature of
this attack.
4. (SBU) The North Maluku Governor held a meeting with the
local police chief and military commander to calm the
situation, according to media reports. Both leaders vowed
to stop members from further violence and to have joint
patrols to monitor the situation in the town. The leaders
also agreed to hold a joint iftar to celebrate Ramadan.
Despite attempts to calm the situation, the INP still had
armed guards in front of the police station and some of
their homes. An INP spokesman stated that a full
investigation would be conducted to find out what happened.
HEFFERN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, S/CT, DS/ICI/RFJ, DS/IP/EAP, DRL,
EAP/MLS, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/CC, DS/IP/SC, DRL
INR FOR CHARLIE ZENZIE, HEIDI PANETTA
DOJ FOR CTS THORNTON, DAG SWARTZ
DOJ/OPDAT FOR LEHMANN/ALEXANDRE/ BERMAN, DOJ/CTS FOR
MULLANEY, ST.HILAIRE
FBI FOR ITOSI/SSA SOLOMON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2017
TAGS: PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU
Classified By: Stanley Harsha, Acting Pol/C, for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D
).
1. (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed media reports state two
Indonesian
National Police (INP) officers were stabbed to death in
separate incidents in Tenate, North Maluku Province. One
officer
was killed on September 22, and the other on September 24
in a suspected dispute between police and military. The
murders may be in retaliation for an earlier incident where
police had attacked members of the Indonesian military who
were found drinking alcohol at a bar. The murders set off
a series of retributions by the police and the military.
The situation is now calm with local police and military
commanders vowing to investigate the situation. End Summary.
2. (C) The first murder occurred on Saturday night,
September 22 over a personal dispute, according to media
sources. The other murder occurred at approximately 1:00
a.m. on September 24. The murder on the 24th is linked to
sweeps INP were conducting through night clubs and bars in
Tenate, to enforce a prohibition on drinking
alcohol during Ramadan, according to police sources.
Sources told emboff the police entered a bar and found
several members of the Indonesian military (TNI) drinking.
Reportedly, words were exchanged between the two groups and
an INP officer hit a TNI member with a beer bottle. Later,
the TNI members assaulted an INP officer outside the police
station, stabbing him to death.
3. (SBU) At 4:15 a.m. on the 24th, two TNI members were
attacked and
stabbed by unknown assailants as they disembarked from a
ship in the Tenate port area, according to media sources.
We could not confirm the extent of the injuries. The media
also reported that later an INP officer was attacked by six
unidentified people. We could not confirm the nature of
this attack.
4. (SBU) The North Maluku Governor held a meeting with the
local police chief and military commander to calm the
situation, according to media reports. Both leaders vowed
to stop members from further violence and to have joint
patrols to monitor the situation in the town. The leaders
also agreed to hold a joint iftar to celebrate Ramadan.
Despite attempts to calm the situation, the INP still had
armed guards in front of the police station and some of
their homes. An INP spokesman stated that a full
investigation would be conducted to find out what happened.
HEFFERN