The Free South Moluccan Youths [a] (FSMY) was a militant Moluccan youth organization with the declared goal of restoring the independence of the Republic of South Maluku (Indonesian : Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS) from Indonesia. The group was active in the Dutch Moluccan diaspora, and its members and factions committed various nationalist terrorist acts in the Netherlands in the 1970s. [2]
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The FSMY's first act of terror was a hostage crisis at the Embassy of Indonesia, The Hague on the morning of 31 August 1970. [3] 25 Ambonese youths stormed the property to seize the Indonesian Ambassador T.A. Natadiningrat and his family, but did not find them present. [4] In turn, the group took c. 30 civilians hostage [5] and fatally shot a police officer before they surrendered and turned themselves in to the police hours later. [4] They went on to hijack trains in 1975 and 1977, engaged in two or three shootings, and had five aborted plans of kidnapping and hijackings. [6] Also in 1975, they attempted to kidnap Juliana of the Netherlands, but were arrested on the drive to Soestdijk Palace. [1] South Moluccan groups and the Dutch government signed a "peace treaty" in 1986. [7]
