Foreign leader for RI citizens?

Foreign leader for RI citizens?

Metro TV's report broadcast at 7:09 p.m. on Aug. 28 referred to "Hassan di Tiro, trustee of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), a Swedish citizen." A trustee implies the head of state (as in the period of the Federal Republic of Indonesia/RIS).

The information as a whole is controversial. It seems as if GAM has became part of Indonesia called RIS. The GAM head of state in exile is at the same time a Swedish citizen. Since he is a trustee, do GAM members in Aceh possess Swedish IDs? If this is true, then Aceh is designed to be part of Sweden.

If this is not the case, the situation should arouse our concern. While the leader is domiciled in an advanced country and is prosperous, his followers are fighting their fellow countrymen. There has been injustice between the leader and his people for a long time.

Based on my study in Lulea, Sweden, from January to July 1989, I think the Swedes are gentle people, and the Swedish government would not allow its citizens to disrupt relations with fellow members of the United Nations. The Indonesian government should therefore continue to clarify the controversial issue in Aceh and the world.

SUNGKOWO SOKAWERA, Bandung