E3 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ9075 RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 02672 01 OF 02 PTQ9075 131258Z AMAl -01 ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AIT-03 ClAE-OO SMEC-OO DINT-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO EB-OO ED-01 EUR-01 FBIE-OO FRB-OO SSA-01 TEDE-OO INR-OO IO-OO LAB-01 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OCS-03 OIC-02 OMB-01 PM-OO CIO-OO SCT-OO PRS-OO P-OO SS-OO STR-OO T-OO USIE-OO PMB-OO DRL-04 G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO 035W ------------------3D5895 131258Z 38 P 131258Z MAY 98 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1510 DEPTTREAS WASHOC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAl COLLECTIVE AMEJYlBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY SEOUL AIT TAIPEI 0681 AME t-' D3ASSY TOKYO USDOC WASHDC AMCONSUL SURABAYA INFO LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO H-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 002672 DEPARTMENT FOR MGIDOI S S-O OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP STATE FOR EAP PIMBS EB OMA AND INR IL CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02672 01 OF 02 131258Z TEDSTATESDEPARTMENTOFSTATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES ELAIllGUERA CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED DATE CASE ID 16 JUN 2006 200502473 UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 SRPP-OO HHS-01 L-01 OPIC-01 SP-OO DSCC-OO UNCLASSIFIED E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJECT MGIDOI INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 13 1 U CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS ED MCWILLIAMS REASON 1 5 D 2 C SUMMARY NEW VIOLENCE ERUPTED IN JAKARTA DURING THE DAY MAY 13 IN THE WAKE OF VIOLENCE WHICH TOOK THE LIVES OF AT LEAST SIX STUDENTS SHOT BY SECURITY FORCES ON THE TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THE NEW VIOLENCE BEGAN IN THE SAME LOCATION WHERE ONE MORE DEATH HAS BEEN REPORTED PROTESTERS NOT NECESSARILY STUDENTS BURNED A GASOLINE STATION AND VEHICLES VIOLENT CLASHES WERE REPORTED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY AS OF COB AS STUDENTS SOUGHT TO BLOCK ROADS NEW VIOLENCE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN JOGJAKARTA MEDAN IS QUIET BUT TENSE WHILE IN PADANG THERE WAS A PEACEFUL STUDENT DEMONSTRATION SURABAYA SAW A PEACEFUL STUDENT MARCH TO THE LOCAL PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT SOEHARTO HAS CUT SHORT HIS VISIT TO CAIRO AND WILL RETURN TO JAKARTA MAY 14 END SUMMARY JAKARTA SEES NEW VIOLENCE TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY JAKARTA 3 U VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS DEVELOPED ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 13 BETWEEN SECURITY FORCES AND A MIXTURE OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND STUDENTS AT JAKARTA I S TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY EARLIER IN THE DAY POLOFF HAD WITNESSED A PEACEFUL RALLY OF THOUSANDS AT THE TRISAKTI CAMPUS IN HONOR OF THE SIX STUDENTS KILLED THE NIGHT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02672 01 OF 02 131258Z BEFORE OPPOSITION LEADERS MEGAWATI AND AMIEN RAIS WERE AMONG THE SPEAKERS 4 U FIGHTING DEVELOPED HOURS LATER AS LOCAL PEOPLE AND STUDENTS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES BEGAN TO CONGREGATE IN THE TRISAKTI CAMPUS AREA SECURITY FORCES FIRED TEAR GAS AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AT THE CROWD OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS WHICH COUNTERED WITH STONES THE CROWD ALSO SET FIRE TO A NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE AREA AND AT LEAST ONE GAS STATION A SMALL POLICE OFFICE WAS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED BESIEGED FOR A TIME 5 ' U AS OF COB THREE HELICOPTERS HAD DELIVERED SPECIAL FIGHTER TEAMS WHICH -DESCENDED INTO THE AREA BY ROPE A REPUTABLE WIRE SERVICE REPORTER HAS TOLD US THAT ONE DEAD YOUTH HAD BEEN DISCOVERED ON THE SCENE THOUGH CAUSE OF DEATH WAS UNCERTAIN TWO EXPAT JOtffiNALISTS WERE ALSO HIT BY RUBBER BULLETS AND A THIRD NARROWLY ESCAPED A LIVE ROUND HE SAID STRUCK A WALL BEHIND HIM CASUALTY FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE 6 U STUDENTS AND ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN STREET DEMONSTRATIONS SOME INVOLVING CLASHES WITH POLICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ATMA JAYA UN IVERS ITY JAKARTA 7 U AS OF LATE AFTERNOON THE CENTER OF JAKARTA'S JALAN SunIRMAN BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS PARALYZED BY CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND MASSES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD EMERGED FROM OFFICE BUILDINGS AND ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS POLICE WERE SPRAYING TEARGAS AND AN EMBASSY SPOUSE ON THE SCENE REPORTED SHOOTING BEGINNING AROUND 5 P M EARLIER IN THE DAY A LARGE DEMONSTRATION REQUIEM WAS HELD CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 02672 01 OF 02 131258Z AT ATMA JAYA UNIVERSITY WHICH IS LOCATED NEARBY ON THIS MAIN JAKARTA THOROUGHFARE AT ONE POINT STUDENTS WERE BLOCKING THE SLOW LANE OF SunIRMAN LINKED ARM IN ARM AS OF 3 00 PM THE DEMONSTRATION WITNESSED BY POLOFF WAS PEACEFUL THOUGH TRAFFIC WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED A SIGN DISPLAYED OVER THE UNIVERSITY SIGN SAID PLEASE DON'T SHOOT US THERE WAS MINIMAL POLICE PRESENCE A SOURCE ON THE SCENE REPORTED AT 3 15 PM THAT TRAFFIC HAD COME TO A HALT AND MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT OF OFFICE BUILDINGS TO WATCH JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION SOME MOTIONING WITH A THUMBS UP SIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDENTS 8 U AT 4 00 P M AN EMBASSY SPOUSE REPORTED THAT HER CONTACT IN THE DANAMON BANK BUILDING ADJACENT TO ATMA JAYA WAS REPORTING CLASHE IN THE STREET AND IN THE NEARBY BENHIL MARKET TEAR GAS WAS BEING SPRAYED BY THE SECURITY FORCES THE CONTACT EMPHASIZED THAT THOSE BATTLING POLICE WERE NOT STUDENTS WHO HAD LEFT THE SCENE BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS TRAFFIC ON SUDIRMAN HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STANDSTILL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 9 U A SEPARATE SOURCE REPORTED THAT DEMONSTRATORS WERE BURNING VEHICLES IN THE PONDOK INDAH AREA OF SOUTHERN JAKARTA IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO THESE DEMONSTRATORS ARE BUT AN EARLIER REPORT CLAIMED THAT STUDENTS FROM MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MARCH TO TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND THEIR CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ9078 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO JAKART 02672 02 OF 02 PTQ9078 131258Z LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO H-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AIT-03 AMAD-01 ACQ-01 CIAE-OO SMEC-OO DINT-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO SRPP-OO EUR-01 EB-OO ED-01 FBIE-OO FRB-OO HHS-01 SSA-01 TEDE-OO INR-OO 10-00 LAB-01 L-01 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OCS-03 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PM-OO SP-OO PRS-OO P-OO CIO-OO SCT-OO SS-OO DSCC-OO STR-OO T-OO USIE-OO PMB-OO DRL-04 G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO 035W ------------------3D5899 131259Z 38 P 131258Z MAY 98 FM AIY lEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1511 DEPTTREAS WASHDC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAN COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY SEOUL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AIT TAIPEI 0682 AMEMBASSY TOKYO USDOC WASHDC AMCONSUL SURABAYA CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 JAKARTA 002672 DEPARTMENT FOR MGIDOI S S-O OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP STATE FOR EAP PIMBS EB OMA AND INR IL CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02672 02 OF 02 131258Z E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJECT MGIDOI INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 13 MARCH WOULD HAVE LED THROUGH THIS AREA JOGJJI KARTA 9 U ACCORDING TO A RESPECTED WESTERN JOURNALIST CLASHES ERUPTED BETWEEN STUDENTS AND SECURITY FORCES IN JOG JAKARTA MAY 13 AND WERE CONTINUING AS OF COB WEST SUMATRA 10 C STUDENTS IN PADANG WEST SUMATRA HELD A LARGE DEMONSTRATION ON MAY 13 ACCORDING TO TWO NGO SOURCES THERE WHO ARE WELL CONNECTED TO STUDENTS ONE SAID THAT ABOUT 2000 STUDENTS MARCHED TO THE LOCAL PARLIAMENT WITHOUT INCIDENT THE DEMONSTRATION HAD NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE DEATHS OF STUDENTS IN JAKARTA PLANS IN PADANG WERE FOR A MAJOR DEMONSTRATION ON MAY 20 HE SAID THAT AFTER THE MAY 7 DEMONSTRATION IN PADANG SEVEN STUDENTS WERE DETAINED AND SIX HAD BEEN RELEASED ONE WAS STILL BEING HELD IN POLICE CUSTODY AS OF MAY 13 A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION ALSO WAS HELD IN BUKITTINGGI ON MAY 13 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED MED T CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02672 02 OF 02 131258Z 11 U EMBASSY FSN IN MEDAN REPORTS THAT THE CITY IS QUIET BUT STILL TENSE THE INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS ON THE SCENE AND INVESTIGATING LAST WEEK'S VIOLENCE LOCAL REPORTS AS YET UNCONFIRMED NOW CLAIM 13 KILLED FOUR OF WHOM WERE SHOT 12 U AMCONSUL SURABAYA REPORTS THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL DEMONSTRATIONS BY STUDENTS IN THE CITY ON MAY 13 IN ONE STUDENTS PEACEFULLY MARCHED FROM AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY TO THE LOCAL PARLIAMENT WITHOUT INCIDENT AMCONSOFF WAS ON THE SCENE TO MONITOR PART OF THE MARCH INVESTIGATORY TEAM SET UP 13 U COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND DEFENSE MINISTER GENERAL WlRANTO HAS APPOINTED A FACT-FINDING TEAM WHICH WILL INVESTIGATE THE RECENT DISAPPEARANCE AND TORTURE OF ACTIVISTS THE TEAM IS LED BY MILITARY POLICE CHIEF MAJOR GENERAL SYAMSU PRE SIDENT SOEHARTO TO RETURN MAY 14 PRESIDENT SOEHARTO HAS CUT SHORT HIS VISIT TO CAIRO AND WILL RETURN TO JAKARTA MAY 14 ROY CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu