Indonesian coup unlikely, PM says

Indonesian coup unlikely, PM says

SINGAPORE (AP): A coup in Indonesia is unlikely, Singapore
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Sunday, commenting on rumors
that Indonesian generals may be plotting such a move.

"I got a sense that the President is firmly in control of the
situation -- he is very confident," said Goh, who visited
Indonesia's new president Abdurrahman Wahid last week.

"I don't think there will be a coup, because he is that
confident," Goh said in a Television Corporation of Singapore
news report on Sunday.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke last
week sternly warned Indonesia's generals not to challenge
Abdurrahman's authority.

The warning came amid speculation that some top generals,
angered by efforts to prosecute them for human rights abuses, may
be planning to move against the President.