Blood Feud
Central Kalimantan has started to settle down after a bloody pogrom against Madurese migrants, which left hundreds dead. The government has evacuated the Madurese. But will it be an effective way to end the violence?
March 6, 2001
Even their vice-president's heart went out to them, although her security forces sat idly by while their relatives' heads were removed. It will not be enough to feed them, of course, but last Thursday Megawati Sukarnoputri did finally visit Sampit, the capital of Central Kalimantan's East Kotawaringin Regency.
It was 12 days after ethnic violence devastated the town. Hundreds of innocent men, women and children had their heads chopped off in the bl
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