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        "msgid": "flores-tense-as-police-army-clash-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-08-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Flores tense as police, army clash",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Flores tense as police, army clash KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Police and Army troops, backed by local civilians scuffled on Monday at Maumere, Sikka regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on the island of Flores, leaving more than 10 people, including seven policemen seriously wounded. The Maumere police office was also damaged as a gang of Army soldiers and locals stormed the building. NTT Police chief Brig. Gen.",
        "content": "<p>Flores tense as police, army clash<\/p>\n<p>KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Police and Army troops, backed by<br>\nlocal civilians scuffled on Monday at Maumere, Sikka regency,<br>\nEast Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on the island of Flores, leaving more<br>\nthan 10 people, including seven policemen seriously wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Maumere police office was also damaged as a gang of Army<br>\nsoldiers and locals stormed the building.<\/p>\n<p>NTT Police chief Brig. Gen. Yacobus Jacky Uli told The Jakarta<br>\nPost that the clash was triggered by a dispute involving Maumere<br>\npolice detective chief Capt. Sinambela and local district<br>\nmilitary commander Capt. Simon at a nightclub late on Sunday<br>\nnight.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear what caused the nightclub dispute.<\/p>\n<p>\"The conflict between the two groups continued hours later<br>\nwith a number of local military members attacking and damaging<br>\nthe Maumere police office,\" Uli said.<\/p>\n<p>\"At the same time, several Army troops involved in the attack<br>\nwere caught and beaten by police officers,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why local civilians were involved in the attack, Uli<br>\nclaimed that it was because the Maumere district military chief<br>\nwas a respected figure in the town, and they wanted to defend his<br>\nhonor.<\/p>\n<p>\"Therefore, his supporters spontaneously joined the military<br>\npersonnel in the attack,\" he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Uli said the security situation in Maumere was still tense on<br>\nMonday evening as armed Army troops and their local supporters<br>\ncontinued to besiege the police office.<\/p>\n<p>Some shots were also fired by the attackers, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have coordinated with the district police chiefs in the<br>\nprovince to isolate their members, including Mobile Brigade<br>\npersonnel, and to secure all firearms to prevent the conflict<br>\nfrom escalating,\" Uli said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the police also asked Kupang's Wirasakti military<br>\nchief Col. Moeswarno Moesanip to help restore security in Maumere<br>\nand prevent other Army members from worsening the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\"As of this afternoon, the situation is not yet under control<br>\nbecause both sides are still threatening each other and it may<br>\nescalate into a gunbattle,\" Uli said on Monday. --JP<\/p>",
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