Ammo shipment intercepted

Ammo shipment intercepted

SORONG, Irian Jaya: Police have seized thousands of ammunition
for automatic rifles, possibly bound for strife-torn Ambon, from
the KM Dobonsolo vessel which was docking at Sorong port on
Monday.

Sorong Police Precinct Victor Sitorus said an unidentified
man, who was still at large, smuggled boxes of ammunition for M-
16, SS-1 and AK-47 rifles.

The Sorong Military Command was brought into the investigation
with its chief, Lt. Col. Eski Hermawan, calling the smuggling a
threat to the nation.

Eski said there was a possibility the ammunition would be sent
to Ambon. "But, because the ship was not scheduled to stop in
Ambon, the ammunition was dropped in Sorong," he said.

John Rumbiak of the Irian Jaya Institute for Human Rights
Studies and Advocacy (IHRSTAD) said such a large shipment of
ammunition could not have been made by ordinary civilians.

"The police or the military should really know where it came
from," Rumbiak told The Jakarta Post. (eba/01)