The Dutch Moluccans had repeatedly drawn the attention of the Dutch government to their claim for a free Republic of South Maluku ("Republik Maluku Selatan" or RMS) state, which the Dutch government had promised them. In the 1970s this escalated more and more, and the second generation of Moluccans got more activistic in nature. Finally, after still being ignored and denied a hearing by the government, one of the methods to gain attention on the matter was through the hijackings of 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis in De Punt, Wijster, where hostages were taken, and the activists were killed by an excess military force.