Out of the Jungle

August 18, 2010

IT was early morning at Tambakbaya in the West Java district of Garut, when Ika Kartika, Komalasari, and Sardjono walked in the cool of the mountain down the hills. Accompanied by a man named Musti’ah, the three children of Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo, leader of the Darul Islam rebel movement, headed for the nearest military outpost. “Go down the hills and report yourselves to those on duty there,” soldiers then in pursuit of the

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