Japan gives aid for Ambon refugees

Japan gives aid for Ambon refugees

JAKARTA: The Japanese government has provided US$48,211 in aid
to help transport relief supplies for internally displaced people
in Ambon, Maluku province.

A press statement from the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta said on
Friday its government had approved a recent request by the Ambon
mayor for assistance to transport emergency relief supplies in
the troubled city.

Ambon has been hit by renewed attacks since April 25, the
anniversary of the South Maluku Front (FKM) separatist group.
Between 1999 and 2001, some 6,000 people were killed and hundreds
of thousands of others forced to flee in sectarian fighting. -- JP