GAM leaders wanted dead or alive

GAM leaders wanted dead or alive

From Media Indonesia

The integrated operation launched in Aceh to crush the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is now in its third month, but GAM's top leaders are still at large because of their mobility in the guerrilla war that GAM is waging against the Indonesian Military.

In the meantime, as many as 145 village heads in Aceh have become victims of this armed conflict. Of this number, 118 have been killed.

This situation has prompted the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam provincial administration to announce that it will give a prize of Rp 150 million for the capture of top GAM leaders such as Sofyan Dawood or Ishak Daud, either dead or alive.

This prize will encourage Acehnese to be more active in helping the Indonesian government crush GAM. It would be for the benefit of the Acehnese themselves to assist the Indonesian government in this respect. But they should not be moved to help the government crush GAM only because of the reward money. They must understand that Aceh will never be peaceful as long as GAM exists.

PRIBADI DHARMABRATA Bogor, West Java

West Java