A Boar-ish Standoff

Dismissed Golkar officials hope to oust Akbar but face firm provincial reluctance.

September 28, 2004

A wild boar charges through the streets of Yogyakarta, twisting down a narrow road and then entering the courtyard of the keraton, a traditional palace for Javanese rulers. The boar stops and empties the contents of its stomach, and several members of the Golkar Party are seen emerging from its body. This was not an actual boar, but a bus made to appear like one.

On that day, this vehicle, which belonged to the eccentric painter, Djoko Peki

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