Prihadi Beny Waluyo, a lecturer at Duta Wacana Christian University, has been arrested at his home by soldiers of the district military command. He was reportedly accused of distributing e-mail messages and of sending messages relating to the 27 July 1996 riots (see IFEX alerts) to a destination in Holland. His arrest came after an […]
Prihadi Beny Waluyo, a lecturer at Duta Wacana Christian
University, has been arrested at his home by soldiers of the
district military command. He was reportedly accused of
distributing e-mail messages and of sending messages relating to
the 27 July 1996 riots (see IFEX alerts) to a destination in
Holland. His arrest came after an unidentified person gave an
officer photocopies of e-mail messages that were traced to
Waluyo. The person claimed the printouts came from a store in
Kebumen, a district of Yogyakarta.
**For background to riots, see IFEX alerts dated
1 August and 29 July 1996**
Following his arrest, Waluyo was interrogated by the military
about his connections with the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI),
which the government has accused of masterminding the riots, but
he denied any involvement with the PDI. He did acknowledge that
he had sent messages over the Internet. Following his
questioning, he was reportedly ordered to go to his home and
report to the district military command on a regular basis. He is
said to be under strict surveillance.
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