The State Of Acheh The Prime Minister's Office
Monkeys See Monkeys Do
The Government of the State of Acheh (PNA) condemns in the strongest terms the uncivilised action of the Indonesian
colonial government for resorting again into exiling Achehnese detainees from Acheh to Java. This time, 4 of the 5
Achehnese leading peace negotiators and 70 other detainees have been transferred to different jails in Java chained on
their arms and ankels during transportation. The arrest of the negotiators was one of the prococations performed by
Jakarta in order to derail the peace talks in Tokyo in 2002. Exiling the negotiators and other prisoners are acts of
treason against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international humanitarian laws.
Some of the negotiators will be placed at the Sukamiskin ("Poverty Loving") prison where Soekarno was once jailed by the
Dutch colonial government. It is once more evident that the Indonesian colonial government has no qualm about imitating
its former master's atrocities in order to subdue the struggle of the Achehnese people.
The government of the State of Acheh expresses its deep sorrow to all the family members of the detainees who have been
exiled to Java before and now, especially when many of them are in very bad health conditions due to beatings and very
conditions of the detention centres in Acheh.
The sick get medical treanment only from doctors provided by their families after bribing jail wardens. Now that they
have been exiled so far away from Acheh, even such treatments are no longer possible.
This situation proves once again that the Indonesian colonial regim has nothing to offer to the Achehnese people but
oppression and the destruction of their dignity.
But the harder the oppression the stronger will be the resoluteness of the Achehnese people to fight for their
independence from Indonesian colonialism.
The Government of the State of Acheh in exile
Malik Mahmud
Prime Minister