Security in Aceh conducive<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Chief of Military Operations in Aceh Brig. Gen. M.
\nDjali Yusuf said in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, on Thursday that security
\nin Aceh had increasingly become conducive, particularly after the
\nimposition of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No.4\/2001 on the
\nrestoration of law and order in April last year.<\/p>\n
Djali said that the application of the presidential
\ninstruction had substantially curtailed violent incidents in the
\nprovince, where the special autonomy law was put into effect on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
\"Before the issuance of the presidential instruction, the
\nnumber of violent incidents had been proliferating since 1998,\"
\nDjali said as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
Inpres No. 4\/2001, which was issued on April 11, 2001, was
\naimed at coordinating the government's approach to restore law
\nand order in Aceh.<\/p>\n
Djali made the remarks in response to demands, raised by
\nSuraiya Kamaruzzaman, the head of the non-governmental
\norganization Flower Aceh, for the revocation of the instruction
\nfor fear that it merely served as a legal basis for the military
\npresence in Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"It's a pity to ask for the revocation of the Inpres because
\nviolence was rampant long before the issuance of the
\ninstruction,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Djali admitted that security in Aceh had not returned as
\nexpected because of the many cases of violence ranging from
\nextortion, kidnapping to murder.<\/p>\n
\"The security condition, however, is much better than before
\nthe establishment of the military operation command in Aceh, in
\nline with the issuance of the Inpres,\" he reiterated.<\/p>\n
He said the improvement of security could be seen by the
\nrevival of local activities, such as trade, transportation and
\nadministration. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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Transmigrants from Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: At least 83 migrant refugee families from Aceh,
\nhaving fled the violence and instability of their troubled
\nprovince, have staged a protest at the Ministry of Manpower and
\nTransmigration demanding a return to their home towns.<\/p>\n
The displaced people claimed that they had been temporarily
\naccommodated without any clear hope for a future. They did not
\nsay where they have been living.<\/p>\n
Thirty of the 83 families were received by Director General of
\nPeople Mobility Harry Harryawan, with demands that they be
\nresettled in Banten.<\/p>\n
Harry promised that officials on his end will negotiate with
\nthe Banten administration to accept the migrants over issues
\nranging from physical relocation to acceptance on the part of
\nlocal people.<\/p>\n
\"We don't want to see that their relocation constitutes as
\nmoving a problem from one area to the other,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Harry added that the transmigrants intending to resettle in
\ntheir hometowns will have to submit data on their towns of origin
\nand their transmigration locations in Aceh.<\/p>\n
The central government will negotiate with the regional
\nadministrations from which they came from, he added. -- Antara<\/p>",
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