Under the Command of Three Clerics
Kartosoewirjo, Daud Beureueh, and Kahar Muzakkar banded together against the government, disappointed with the policies of Jakarta. Ultimately, however, they failed to establish a united force.
August 18, 2010
THE list containing the names of nearly 300 Acehnese leaders, created a sensation in the Land of the Rencong (traditional weapon), as Aceh is popularly known. They were the names of people suspected of opposing the central government. Based on this blacklist, Attorney General Sunarjo began an operation to hunt and imprison them.
The government had obtained the names in 1953 from Mustafa, the representative of Kartosoewirjo—self-proclaimed l
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