An Officer's Nightmare

May 20, 2003

The body of the 12-year-old boy was burnt beyond recognition.  His charred remains were found in a reclining position, his head bent down. Both his hands were clutching a piece of soap.  Gunawan was one of the victims of the riots that rocked Jakarta five years ago.  His parents found him dead among the heaps of burnt bodies at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.  "I was sure it was my son," his mother Ruminah said crying

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