Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 03:43:57 +0200 (MET DST)
From: peace-AT-xs4all.nl (mira)
Subject: repressif to PRD


THE NEW ORDER REGIME CONTINUED REPRESSIVE TO THE PRD's ACTIVISTS IN
HOUSE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

The New Order regime is engaged in continued attempts to deal a
crushing blow at PRD members. The witch-hunt against them is being
carried on by its repressive instruments, whose  provocative acts are
extremely frenzied indeed.

First, on 30th July 1996,  the office of  the Central Java secretariat
of PRD  and SMID in Jl. Tegalsari III/129 was ransacked   by the
repressive apparatus. It failed to find any important  PRD documents.
.In fact, two nights  earlier,the repressive apparatus  employed its
Irian Jaya thugs in an attempt to raid the office, but was aborted.
Some comrades who were to stay the night there were still awake.
Together with the local population they managed to drive them off from
 the office . It turned out that a van had been made ready to take
them away.

Second, on 2nd August 1996,during another raid, combined forces of the
repressive apparatus failed to find any PRD document. The place had
already been made empty. What they could  do  was destroying all
clothes still left there, which should have been taken away to safety.
In addition they also managed to rob  our computer. The computer had
been entrusted to local people, who had to hand it over to them  after
being intimidated and threatened with arrest. Afterwards the
ransackers sealed the secretariat's office with something resembling a
yellow strip, a hallmark of the police. Since then  they have kept a 
close  watch on the entrance/exit.

Third, the repressive apparatus also made provocative acts against
Wirayanti's (W) family. Organising thugs at the Terboyo bus terminal
and members of the Pancasila youth in this act of terrorism, they made
W's house the target of stone-throwing. Many  glass objects and many 
roof tiles belonging to the house were destroyed. They also
distributed and pasted leaflets on objects, on which they called on
people in the neighbourhood to keep away from and keep a close watch
on the house. They, however, did not confine themselves to these acts.
They also carried W's parents to the police headquarters for
questioning about W's activities.

Fourth,  an attempt was made to arrest Arie Trismana -- Coordinator of
financial affairs at the central board of PRD. This was done  by way
of a raid on his uncle's house, which indeed was his hide-out at the
time. Before they could find the house, the state instruments fetched
Arie's mother away to the police station. The raid began as Arie was
playing with his youngest cousin. At first he  saw his mother coming
to the house, but was followed by unknown persons. He immediately went
to the bathing room where he hid himself behind the door. After he
managed to slip off, he made a succesful escape by jumping over the
hedge, at the back of the house and subsequently hid himself
underneath his uncle's chicken coop.

The hunting has also been carried out in university campuses, with
those PRD members still having the status of students being the
target. Secret agents were present around the Diponegoro University
campus. 

A lot of students were picked  to take part in the  drive to capture
PRD activists. For this purpose para-comando units of the  Students'
Regiment had been employed The impact of the drive was most tangible
at the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Social and Political
Sciences,  where  there were many PRD members among the students.

In another development, the head of the Dipayana University (UNDIP)
drove the point home in a circular that  if PRD should be declared to
have problems (with the government), students with a PRD membership
would be expelled dishonourably. Besides, he had called on PRD members
among the students to come and surrender . However,  the call has
hitherto been ignored.

Come what may,   we shall  continue to stand consistently in the front
line of the struggle in defense of the people, no matter the risks.
This is an acceptable  logical consequence.

EVER ONWARD, NO RETREAT!
A UNITED  RESISTANCE, FOR A CHANGE!
A 7000 PAY, A NEW PRESIDENT, A NEW POLITICAL PARTY, WATCH THE GENERAL
ELECTION!

Join our campaign for Free Dita Sari and all political prisoners in 
your organisation's  newspapers and magazine and in other progressive 
publications in your country.
TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE!
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