Here is the reply I received today as a response to my emails with media articles and victims accounts to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Development and Human rights of Norway.

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Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs The State Secretary

Oslo, 21 July 1998

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Thank you for your e-mail messages to Mr. Knut Vollebæk, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International Development and Human Rights, dated 11 June 1998 and the attached documentation on human rights violations committed against

Indonesians of Chinese origin. We have taken note of the views expressed in this documentation.

Norwegian authorities have, together with representatives from many other countries, expressed concern over human rights violations in Indoneisa, including the violation of the human rights of minority communities.

In connection with the upsurge in violence and the loss of life in Indonesia in May of this year, Norway together with the European Union and other European countries, called

on the Indonesian Government to investigate thoroughly the reported deaths and the allegations of kidnapping and torture and to ensure that those responsible were made accountable for their actions. In a meeting with the Indonesian Ambassador to Norway on 20 May, I reiterated this statement.

Yours sincerely

Janne Haaland Matlary

Office Address: 7. juni plassen/ Victoria Terrasse 0251 Oslo

Telephone: (47) 22 24 36 00
Telex: 71004 NOREG N
Telefax: (47) 22 83 39 34
Cable: NOREG, Oslo
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