e Kompas daily quoted North Sumatra vice governor A. Wahab Dalimunthe as urging provincial residents to set up neighbourhood security to prevent unrest from erupting. "I have received information from Jakarta that there are plans to make North Sumatra the second Ambon," he was quoted as saying. The eastern city of Ambon was rocked two weeks ago by days of fighting between Christians and Moslems, killing at least 65 and wrecking hundreds of homes, shops, churches and mosques. It was the worst violence since rioting in May killed 1,200 in Jakarta and helped topple autocratic President Suharto. Dalimunthe said the provocateurs were planning to stir religious and racial sentiment to divide the 11 million people in his province. "Therefore, I appeal to the people to set up their own security posts in their respective areas," he said. Indonesia has been racked by waves of religious, ethnic and political violence for the past year while grappling with its worst economic and social crisis in three decades. Government and military officials and religious leaders frequently blame mysterious provocateurs for inciting trouble. Indonesia is the world‘s largest Moslem nation, but there are millions of Christians, Hindus and Buddhists. Christians, many of them ethnic Chinese shopkeepers, are often envied for their perceived wealth in this impoverished nation of 200 million.