China does not want to act on Medan riots<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A visiting Chinese official stressed yesterday
\nthat his country does not have the slightest intention of
\nmeddling in the recent workers' riots in Medan, North Sumatra,
\nalthough the riots have revealed some anti-Chinese sentiments.<\/p>\n
\"Do not force onto others what you do not want others to force
\non you,\" Wang Guang Ying, the deputy chairman of the Chinese
\nparliament, said quoting Confucius while speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n
After meeting with President Soeharto at the Merdeka Palace,
\nWang said Beijing will not intervene in the domestic affairs of
\nIndonesia, including the riots in Medan.<\/p>\n
He made the remarks in response to questions about the
\nstatement made by the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman last
\nThursday expressing Beijing's concern over the turn of events in
\nthe northern Indonesian city.<\/p>\n
A trader of Chinese descent was killed in the riots earlier
\nthis month as workers ransacked and looted shops owned by Chinese
\nIndonesians.<\/p>\n
Theo Sambuaga, a leading legislator with the ruling Golkar
\nparty, has warned that such a statement could be construed as an
\nattempt to interfere in Indonesia's domestic affairs.<\/p>\n
\"I don't think that statement was intended as an intervention.
\nIt simply showed China's concern and this is a reflection of the
\nclose ties between the two countries,\" said Wang, who also heads
\nthe China-Indonesia Institute of Economic, Social and Cultural
\nCooperation.<\/p>\n
Wang was accompanied during the meeting by businessman
\nSukamdani S. Gitosardjono, who also heads the Indonesian
\nequivalent of the institute in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Indonesia and China restored their diplomatic ties in 1990
\nfollowing Beijing's assurances that it would not meddle in
\nIndonesia's domestic affairs.<\/p>\n
The ties had been frozen in 1967 when Indonesia accused China
\nof complicity in the abortive coup attempt by the Indonesian
\nCommunist Party in 1965. China denied the accusations, but
\nnevertheless, gave the assurances in 1990 to pave the way for the
\nreestablishment of their bilateral ties. (emb)<\/p>",
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