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        "id": 1443823,
        "msgid": "provocateurs-repent-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-04-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "Provocateurs repent!",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Provocateurs repent! From Republika The riot in Ambon has not completely died down. Minor clashes have continued to break out and could always degenerate into major clashes unless security personnel and the community remain alert to prevent the possibility of fresh riots. While the riot in Ambon is dying down, a large-scale riot has flared up in Sambas, West Kalimantan. Reportedly, the main cause of the riot is an interethnic dispute.",
        "content": "<p>Provocateurs repent!<\/p>\n<p>From Republika<\/p>\n<p>The riot in Ambon has not completely died down. Minor clashes<br>\nhave continued to break out and could always degenerate into<br>\nmajor clashes unless security personnel and the community remain<br>\nalert to prevent the possibility of fresh riots. While the riot<br>\nin Ambon is dying down, a large-scale riot has flared up in<br>\nSambas, West Kalimantan. Reportedly, the main cause of the riot<br>\nis an interethnic dispute. Now Sambas, famous for its mandarin<br>\noranges, is virtually a dead city.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously we fear that riots like these will spread to other<br>\ncities, particularly those where ethnicity and religion are<br>\nsensitive matters. Therefore, all citizens of the nation who feel<br>\nresponsible for national unity must always take precautions to<br>\nhelp prevent fresh riots. In the context of all these riots --<br>\nreportedly triggered by provocateurs who wish to see this nation<br>\ndisintegrate -- allow me to call on the nation to support the<br>\nArmed Forces and the government in solving the problems we are<br>\nnow encountering so we do not fall into a deeper abyss. Allow me,<br>\nin particular, to call on provocateurs and rioters to contemplate<br>\nthe following:<\/p>\n<p>- Are you aware that so many innocent children have lost their<br>\nparents? Do you really have the heart to see very young babies<br>\nmiss the warm embraces of their mothers or children miss the love<br>\nof their parents as a result of the riots which have rocked this<br>\ncountry? Do you really have the heart to see thousands of<br>\ninnocent refugees live in piteous conditions?<\/p>\n<p>- Isn't your heart touched by the sight of emaciated people<br>\nlying weakly in beds waiting for someone to lend a helping hand<br>\nand buy them medicine because they have lost all their belongings<br>\nin the riots? Do you really have the heart to see children run<br>\naround at refugee centers and shed tears upon seeing other<br>\nchildren go to school? Has it ever crossed your mind that when<br>\nyou savor delicious food at home, undernourished people are dying<br>\nat refugee centers as a result of what you have done?<\/p>\n<p>It is now the most opportune time for you to repent. God is<br>\nforgiving and His forgiveness exceeds our sins. If you realize<br>\nyour mistakes and repent, this country will return to normal. It<br>\nwill again be united as the unitary Republic of Indonesia as it<br>\nmoves toward the general election, considered a feast of<br>\ndemocracy, this coming June.<\/p>\n<p>H. NANA RUKMANA<\/p>\n<p>Tangerang, West Java<\/p>",
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