Really appreciate your willingness to call Congress people for Chinese Indonesian cause.

Please urge your friends to help. We need to call them starting tomorrow, because there'll will be Congressional Caucus Briefing this Thursday (july 30) on atrocity against the Indonesians of Chinese descent in Washington DC.

ICANet (Indonesian, Chinese and American Network) have sent them a package a week ago which consists of 600 signatures petition, articles and a letter to urge Congress to schedule hearings and pass a resolution:

1. Condemn strongly the savage violation of human rights in Indonesia.

2. Set up an international independent group to conduct a thorough investigation to punish the violators.

3. Charge the violators as international criminals to be brought to the International Crime Court in the Netherlands.

4. Urge the Indonesian government to make guarantee that no such racial incident and mass rapes against Chinese-Indonesians will recur in the future.

5. Press the Indonesian government to protect Chinese-Indonesians, especially the women and human rights and women's aid groups who are under constant threat and danger.

6. Grant refugee status to the Chinese Indonesians whose lives are in extreme danger.

7. Relax entrance visa requirements for Chinese Indonesians to come to US for the purpose of temporary sanctuary.

I have talked to Tom Lantos' staff, Patrick Kennedy's staff, John Porter, Diane Feinstein, Benjamin Gilman. Some of us have talked to Nancy Pelosi and Pete Stark's staff. We need your help.

These Congress people should have received our package by now.

According to Patrick Kennedy's office, there'll be IMF session this week whether they should give the fund to Indonesia.

Our position is that Indonesia gov needs to make a guarantee that the killings and rapes stop if they want the money. That the Indonesia gov should prosecute the perpetrators to the fullest degree that the law allows.

Below is the list of the Congress people that you can call.

Here's what you need to tell them:

1. you want to talk to someone with human rights specialty.

2. Ask the members of Congress to attend the Human Rights Caucus Briefing this Thursday (July 30) sponsored by Congressman Joseph Pitt (of Pennyslvania). This is really

important for Congress person and staff to attend the briefing. The invitation should have been sent by Congressman Pitt by now.

3. refer them to ICANet package and tell them your concern,

4. tell them our demands (read above: resolution and hearing).

5. Ask the staff to pass the package to the Congress person.

6. Make sure IMF fund is given with a string-attached of Chinese Indonesian guarantee protection.

Everyone in the list are Congress person except Barbara Boxer and Feinstein who are senators. Don't use the wrong title please :-)

Keep calling at least twice a week. Here's the list and please call your other representatives

if needed (see http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/CaucusContact.htm)

John Porter, Co-chair of Congressional Human-Rights Caucus
(202) 225-4835

Joseph Pitt, he's the sponsor of Indonesian Human Rights briefing this Thursday (July 30)
(202) 225-2411

Tom Lantos, Co-chair of Congressional Human-Rights Caucus (202) 225-3531
Local Phone: (650) 342-0300

Benjamin A. Gilman, International Relations
Tel. (202) 225-3776

Patrick J. Kennedy, very vocal against Military gov of Indonesia
(202) 225-4911

US Senator Barbara Boxer
Phone: 202-224-3553
(415) 403-0100
Fax: (415) 956-6701

Senator Dianne Feinstein,
Phone: 202/224-3841
Fax: 202/228-3954
(415) 536-6868
Fax: (415) 228-3954

US Representative Frank Wolf , helped with the resolution to condemn Church persecution in Indonesia
(202) 225-5136