Abdullah Puteh: My authority only extends to making recommendations

August 24, 2004

AT the end of November 2000, the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam was hit by major flooding. In the capital city of Banda Aceh, all telecommunication and transportation systems were down. That was the environment which greeted Abdullah Puteh when he became Governor of Aceh. That is why Puteh, born in the town of Meunasah, Arun on July 4, 1948, had to be sworn in at the Blangbintang airportnow known as Iskandar Mudaand not at the local represe

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