Lightning flashed when M. Jusuf Ronodipuro arrived in Yogyakarta, a few years after the death of Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX in 1989. Jusuf, who founded Radio Republik Indonesia, the national radio station, planned to visit the Sultan's grave in Imogiri. One reason for this special trip, was to ask-once again-for permission to publish the Bangka Episode.

The Bangka Episode took place during a meeting between the Sultan and President Sukarno in Bang