After The Dance
The incident happened despite the presence of thousands of army and police units assigned to protect President Yudhoyono. Unofficial cakalele dancers approached the President and almost unfurled the outlawed RMS flag. The authorities are now blaming each other. In Los Angeles, RMS President Alexander H. Manuputty claimed the action had long been planned by his followers. “That is the political right of the Maluku people.”
July 10, 2007
FROM Los Angeles, USA, the boast was repeated for all to hear. “It is time for Indonesia to return our nation to us,” said Republic of South Maluku (RMS) President Alexander H. Manuputty. Alex has been living in the US for the last four years since fleeing Indonesia after Indonesian authorities accused him of raising the separatist RMS flag.
Alex, now 60 years old, is asking the Indonesian government to release those who have been arrested o
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