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Political Committee of the Poor offices attacked by military backed thugs
Asia Pacific Solidarity Network Urgent Action - May 17, 2008
Report on an attack against the secretariat of the Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM) in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Saturday, May 17, 00.10 local time.
Max Lane – Twenty thugs brutally attacked the KPRM offices at 10 minutes past midnight in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan on Saturday May 17. Police and intelligence agents, who had the offices under surveillance, were seen to join the attack. At the time of the attack there were activists from the Indonesian Street Buskers Union (SPI), the National Student League for Democracy-Politics for the Poor (LMND-PRM) and the Political Committee for the Poor (KPRM-PRD) at the office.
The afternoon before the attack, three members of the SPI – Lasai, Pice and Akbar, were suddenly seized off the street in front on the Balikpapan No 3 high school, while they were on their way to fetch some friends. They were taken to the police station and accused of carrying out “anarchistic actions”. However, during the interrogations it became clear that the apparatus wanted to intimidate them not to continue their protest actions over fuel price rises. They were beaten during the interrogations. One activist (Pice) had his beard set on fire. They were released at 8.00pm.
The two brutal incidents are clearly part of attempts to intimidate and terrorise in order to stop the major actions against the fuel price rises planned nationally for May 21. Demands raised at preceding actions include: Reject the fuel price rise; Lower prices; Reject the forces of the New Order era remnants, the Fake Reformasi Supporters and the Military.
The activists are now consolidating preparing to resist such acts and are not retreating an inch from their plans for the mobilization of actions to demand the cancellation of the fuel price rises.
This kind of terroristic action was normal during the era of the Suharto dictatorship. Militarism and the remnants of the New Order are still infiltrating into civilian life
There is only one word: RESIST!
Your solidarity is needed to strengthen the front of resistance and to pressure the authorities to take legal action against those carrying out these acts of intimidation, terror and vandalism.
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Solidarity from PSM Malaysia
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) condemns the Indonesian authorities for the attack of the office of KPRM (Political Committee of the Poor) at Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on 17 May. Such action is replicant of New Order's repressvie messures to suppress the rising of ordinary people.
PSM also extends its solidarity to the planned mass action against fuel price hike on 21 May. This is a crucial time for the left and progressive forces to come together to resist neoliberal attacks.
In solidarity,
Choo Chon Kai
International Bureau
Socialist Party of Malaysia/Parti
Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
Address:
No.22A, Lorong Vivekananda,
50470 Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.
Tel: +60-3-22747791, (mobile)
+60-19-5669518
Fax: +60-3-87374772
email: (headquarters) psmhq@tm.net.my
(international bureau) int.psm@gmail.com
Visit our website at: http://parti-sosialis.org/
Solidarity from Workers Democracy Thailand
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Solidarity comrades!!!
The history of the Left in Indonesia and South-East Asia shows that the reactionary forces and the ruling class will stop at nothing in their attempts to destroy the socialist movement. But we will always continue to resist and fight for a better world!
Best wishes
Workers Democracy Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Faculty of Political Science
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
+66-(0)813469481
UK mobile:+44-(0)7817034432
http://www.pcpthai.org/
http://wdpress.blog.co.uk/
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