A City On Edge

As President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters descend on Jakarta for his moment of doom, the police and military stand ready to prevent the violence of yesteryear breaking out again.

May 1, 2001

A rundown of Jakarta's security status in the last few days sounds a bit like a gekko chirping on the side of a house. Tense, calm, tense, calm, tense, calm...

President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters have descended on the capital in droves to defend their man, as the House of Representatives (DPR) prepares for Monday's plenary session. There legislators will decide whether to issue the second of the two censure motions needed by law to pave the wa

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