Dirty Dancing

The laws protecting the president's dignity are being enforced with a passion not seen since the Suharto years. Authorities may be crushing legitimate dissent.

July 23, 2002

In front of the State Palace, Muzakir's body, covered with white paint, twisted amid hundreds of demonstrators. Shining in red on his back one could clearly read: "Down with Mega-Hamzah!" Repeatedly he held up posters of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Hamzah Haz, with their faces crossed. The performance reached its peak when the 21-year-old dropped the posters and then danced on them.

There has been neither praise nor commendation from art critics

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