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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (4988)	5/14/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

This is sobering....Just got it from my brothers good friend whom he was considering going into import/export with.... > May 14th 3pm Jakarta time; > > The latest up-date from my friend whose wife(xxxx) is trapped in their house > in a Chinese area in Jakarta and he(xxxx)is trapped at his office about 3 > miles away: > > All supermarkets and banks and shops having anything to do with the > presidents family or the Chinese citizens > are either on fire or being looted. The city is covered in smoke and flames. > People are walking the streets in front of xxxx's house selling TV' s and > other items. God things are getting a bit scary. My wife is on her way to > the local supermarket to buy any food she can get her hands on. She is > riding with all our neighbors together. Our car is a "Timor" which is the > National car owned by the President's son Tommy so we will not be able to > use it. We are still about 6 miles away from any riots . > Checking our streets it's as if nothing is happening. The kids are still > playing and the neighbors still socializing in the streets. We have > discovered that all stores are closed so we will look for the little shops > still open in peoples houses.We will just have to wait it out now cause it > is not safe to go out or even to the airport. > People are calling the local news station begging for the police to come and > help them. The word is all the police are scared to take action now and may > even be in the survival mode themselves. > > later............................ > zzzzzz wow! The market may be weird tomorrow.,.. Kirk out