INDONESIA: THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS/IMF EXPERT HUBERT NEISS MEETS OPPOSITION LEADERS

Record ID: 988566

  • Title: INDONESIA: THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS/IMF EXPERT HUBERT NEISS MEETS OPPOSITION LEADERS
  • Date: 29th May 1998
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (MAY 28, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV RELEASED PRISONERS ANDI SYAHPUTRA AND NUKU SULAIMAN WALKING TOWARDS GATES OF CIPINANG PRISON (2 SHOTS) 0.29 2. SV OF PRISONERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE IN PRISON COMPOUND 0.36 3. MCU SYAHPUTRA SAYING: "THE RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS SHOULD BE WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS OR DISCRIMINATION." (BAHASA INDONESIA) 0.45 4. CU SULAIMAN SAYING: "THEY REJECT THE NOTION OF AN AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS. THEY DRAG US INTO PRISON AND NOW THEY DECIDE TO DRAG US OUT AGAIN. IN ADDITION, THEY PRACTICE DISCRIMINATION OVER WHO THEY RELEASE." (BAHASA INDONESIA) 0.57 5. MCU OF XANANA GUSMAO, EAST TIMOR RESISTANCE LEADER 1.07 6. SV PRISONERS JOINING HANDS IN SOLIDARITY 1.19 7. CU GUSMAO SAYING: "IT IS A BEGINNING, JUST A BEGINNING BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT ALL THE PRISONERS WILL BE FREED." (ENGLISH) 1.30 8. SV OF PRISONERS WITH RELATIVES 1.46 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (MAY 28, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 9. SLV EXTERIOR OF OFFICE OF MOSLEM LEADER AMIEN RAIS 1.49 10. SV OF AMIEN RAIS AND IMF ASIA-PACIFIC DIRECTOR HUBERT NEISS/ SHAKING HANDS/MEDIA (3 SHOTS) 2.03 11. MCU NEISS BEING ASKED IF AVAILABLE IMF FUNDS TO INDONESIA WILL BE SUFFICIENT, SAYING: "I THINK IN TIME A TEAM OF THE IMF WILL COME AND ASSESS THE WHOLE SITUATION, WILL DISCUSS EVERY ASPECT OF THE ECONOMY WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND THIS ASSESSMENT WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE MADE WHETHER THE AVAILABLE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS ADEQUATE" (ENGLISH) 2.30 12. SV OF NEISS AND FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI 2.45 JAKARTA (MAY 29, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 13. SV OF RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER MUCHTAR PAKPAHAN (BLACK CAP) WITH NEISS 2.58 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (MAY 29, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 14. LV/SV OF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE BIMANTARA BUILDING WITH BANNER READING "GET BACK THE SUHARTO FAMILY'S ASSETS" (3 SHOTS) 3.10 15. SV OF NEWS CONFERENCE 3.16 16. MCU DIRECTOR (UNIDENTIFIED) SAYING, "THERE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE STEPPING DOWN, BAMBANG TRIHATMODJO AND INDRA RUKMANA THAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING." (BAHASA INDONESIA) 3.30 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (FILE - JULY, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 17. MCU OF BAMBANG TRIHATMODJO AT LAUNCH OF BIMANTARA CAR 3.40 JAKARTA, INDONESIA (FILE - JANUARY, 1998) (PALACE VIDEO - ACCESS ALL) 18. SV INDRA RATMANA GREETING THEN PRESIDENT SUHARTO 3.49 19. SLV OF SUHARTO FAMILY 3.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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  • Country: Indonesia
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