Troops stay in tent cities to boost security
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
For the 30,000 soldiers deployed in the capital to ensure that the special People's Consultative Assembly session proceeds smoothly, life
Author: Derwin Pereira
Abri tightens security for MPR meet
SAFEGUARDING ASSEMBLY
THE Indonesian armed forces (Abri) will deploy 15 warships in Jakarta bay to beef up security during this week's meeting of
Stroke spurs Muslim leader to write more
HE WORKS 17 HOURS A DAY
IN ANOTHER life, Islamic scholar Abdurrahman Wahid might have been a journalist. Despite being hit by a
Suharto linked to ninja killers, claims Amien
MYSTERY KILLINGS IN EAST JAVA
ISLAMIC leader and activist Amien Rais sees former President Suharto's hand in the recent series of mysterious killings
10,000 rally to support MPR session
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
The gathering, organised by several pro-government Muslim leaders, calls on those who plan to disrupt the special assembly to stop
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Opposition front set to disrupt MPR
But the military is ready even as the 50 organisations plan to stage demonstrations at the assembly's special plenary session next week
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Poison pen letters fuelling discord in E. Java
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
Three letters fanning racist and religious feelings are making the rounds amid fears that they could prove explosive among rural
The night ninjas attacked boy, 14
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Nur Muhammad is afraid of the dark.
He was not always like this. It all changed three weeks ago, the night the
Java’s ninja terror : Politics at play?
Black-clad men on the prowl, grotesque killings and a mounting death toll in East Java reflect a move by competing power centres
MARCHING TO HIS DEATH : A victim of ninja violence
THIS picture was taken secretly by an Indonesian journalist in Banyuwangi, East Java, last month.
The bloodied naked man is a black magic
‘Politics behind killings in Java’
INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
The killings are aimed at eroding the power base of the Muslim organisation NU, says a legislator
THE recent killings in
Keeping up the Tempo
Indonesia's current affairs magazine Tempo was revived earlier this month after a four-year government ban. Our reporter in Jakarta, DERWIN PEREIRA, reports