Fishing In Troubled Water

March 6, 2001

THE police are no angels. Instead of maintaining security, they are spreading feelings of unease. That is the unfortunate story behind an incident of armed conflict between policemen and soldiers, in the midst of bloodshed between the indigenous Dayak and Madurese migrants in Sampit, capital of East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan.

As it was, on Tuesday, February 27, Sampit Harbor was busy with the evacuation of Madurese refugees, their

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