Region
August 7, 2001
Takengon
Independence: 'No', New Province: 'Yes'
IT turns out that independence is not what everyone in Aceh hopes for. The residents of Central Aceh Regency, for instance, have an agenda different to that of their Acehnese neighbor. While people of other areas are putting their lives on the line for independence from the united Republic of Indonesia, they want to create a new province. Their reason is that "The Aceh Provincial Government does
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