2022 Southeast Maluku riot

2022 Southeast Maluku riot were riots that occurred on 6 October and 12 November 2022 in Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku. This riot involved three villages (Kei: ohoi[1]) in Kei Besar District, namely the villages of Bombai and Ngurdu with the Elat village.

Southeast Maluku riot
Date6 October and 12 November 2022
Location
Kai Besar, Indonesia

5.633352°S 133.008922°E / -5.633352; 133.008922
Caused bycustomary land dispute on the village border
MethodsRiot
Parties to the civil conflict
Elat village
Bombai village
Ngurdu village
Casualties and losses
unknown
unknown

Background

The clashes between residents of the two villages were allegedly triggered by traditional activities carried out by residents of Bombai village. That is in the form of installing customary prohibition or sasi adat on the border of the two villages. This sparked the anger of the villagers of Elat, resulting in attacks against each other.[2]

Elat village itself is one of two villages inhabited by Bandanese Muslims, in addition to the Eli village.[3] The Banda people migrated to Kei Islands from Banda Islands due to Banda Massacre in 1609–1621 perpetrated by VOC.[4] While the villages of Bombai and Ngurdu are inhabited by the Kei Catholics who are the original inhabitants of the Kei Islands.[5][6]

In addition to problems at the border of the two villages, the dispute between the two villages is also suspected to be due to ethnic and religious sentiments between the two villages, but the Regent of Southeast Maluku M. Thaher Hanubun denied it and stated that the rioting was not a religious conflict.[7] In fact, these clashes had happened before. Even the conflict that occurred, on November 12, 2022, was the impact of previous events. On Sunday, on October 6, 2022, there was also a conflict between the two villages. However, the police immediately took security measures.[8]

The news that the clash between the residents of Bombai and Elat was caused by a dispute over land boundaries was denied by a figure from the Wandan Student Youth Association Yunus Rahawarin, According to him, the trigger for the clash was a fight between students at SMA Negeri Elat on October 6, 2022. According to him, the land boundary issue has been resolved long ago and there is no problem regarding the land to be installed sasi. Even according to Yunus, the only one who has the right to speak about the land in Elat is he and families. This is because the land was a gift from King Yamtel, the head of Mel Rahawarin.[9]

Riot

This riot started with clashes between the three villagers which have been going on since Saturday morning (12/11/2022) at 08.00 WIT (UTC +9). The clashes started when residents of the villages of Bombai and Ngurdu forced them to install sasi adat or customary prohibitions on the border of the Elat village. Residents of the three villages claim the land on the border as their land. Residents of the Elat village who did not accept the installation of sasi adat then put up a fight until finally there was a clash.[10] The weapons used in this clash are machete, arrow, bamboo, dan firearms.[11]

Aftermath

As a result of this riot, two civilians died due to the riots and two members of the Indonesian National Police consisting of members of Brimob and Polresta Tual injured by being stabbed arrow.[12] In addition to injuring two police officers, 42 people consisting of civilians and police also suffered injuries due to the clashes that occurred. 26 residents houses and two school buildings were also burned due to this riot.[13][14]

See also

References
  1. Hasanudin. "Larwul Ngabal (Hukum Adat di Kepulauan Kei)". pn-tilamuta.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Rumangun, Dheddy. "Mencekam! Warga 2 Desa di Maluku Tenggara Bentrok, Rumah dan Sekolah Dibakar". Sindonews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. Zaenuddin, Muhammad (ed.). "Sambil Bawa Senjata Laras Panjang, Brimob Usir Warga di Maluku yang Terlibat Bentrok: Kalian Mundur!". www.tvonenews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. Mezakwakim; Odar, Isa; Pattiasina, Jacquelin. "Onotan Sarawandan; Tradisi Lisan Masyarakat Banda Eli dan Banda Elat". kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  5. Ananda, Ferdian. "Asal Suku Kei dari Bali Ditelusuri". m.mediaindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. Jayapura, Jubi. "Dari Kei, Katolik Masuk Tanah Papua". jubi.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. Puspita, Ratna (13 November 2022). "Bupati: Bentrok Maluku Tenggara Bukan Konflik Antaragama". www.republika.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  8. Irfan, Muhammad. "Sasi Adat Picu Kerusuhan di Maluku Tenggara". www.gemasulawesi.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. "Rahawarin: Konflik Itu Bukan Soal Tanah". rakyatmaluku.fajar.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. Patty, Rahmat Rahman (12 November 2022). Agriesta, Dheri (ed.). "Bentrok Warga di Maluku Tenggara, 2 Sekolah dan Sejumlah Rumah Dibakar Massa". regional.kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. Pratama, Rizky L. (12 November 2022). Persada, Gading (ed.). "Bentrok Antar Dua Desa di Maluku Tenggara, Sejumlah Orang Terluka Akibat Panah dan Sabetan Parang". www.kompas.tv (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  12. "Konflik Dua Desa di Malra, Dua Meninggal dan Puluhan Luka-luka". tualnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  13. Muqorobin, Ikbal (13 November 2022). "Kerusuhan Maluku, Polisi: Tahan Diri, Jangan Terprovokasi". ww.harianterbit.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  14. Mappiwali, Hermawan (13 November 2022). "Bentrokan Warga di Maluku Tenggara: 42 Orang Terluka-26 Rumah Dibakar". www.detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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