TAUFIK BASARI
A Party Leader's Promise
Active in fighting graft and upholding human rights, Taufik Basari is determined to remain outspoken if elected to the House of Representatives (DPR). His assets in seeking a seat in the national legislature mostly comprise a network of activists and friends.
March 25, 2014
ON a Sunday morning in early March, about 100 residents of the Kecubung housing complex in the Duren Sawit area, East Jakarta, sat in rows of chairs under a blue tarpaulin tent, seemingly listening reverently to Taufik Basari speak. In the meantime, Yayan Nurhayati, a volunteer working for Taufik's campaign, hurriedly passed out stickers and calendars bearing a picture of Taufik, a legislative candidate running from the greater East Jakarta electo
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