Moluccan diaspora
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The Moluccan diaspora refers to overseas Indonesians of Moluccan birth or descent living outside Indonesia. The most significant Moluccan diaspora community lives in the Netherlands, where it numbers
Moluccan evacuees disembark the SS Kota Inten in the Port of Rotterdam, 21–22 March 1951
1977 Dutch train hijacking
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On 23 May 1977, a Nederlandse Spoorwegen passenger train was hijacked near the village of De Punt, Netherlands. At around 9 am, nine armed Moluccan nationalists pulled the emergency brake and took ove
Moluccan diaspora
…1974, a foiled attempt to abduct Queen Juliana in March 1975, the Wijster train hijacking and Indonesian consulate hostage crisis of December 1975, the De Punt train hijacking and Bovensmilde school hostage crisis of 1977, and the Assen province hall hostage crisis of 1978. Combined, these so-called "Moluccan Actions" (Dutch…
Hijacker running past the hijacked train with a South Moluccan flag
Tan and Soumokil arriving at the train on 9 June
Freed hostages leave the train