The Cirebon Pandora's Box

Two heirs of the Kanoman Royal Court, Cirebon, are fighting for the throne. It's a matter of either tradition or testament.

June 15, 2004

THE date of June 6 will be, to all appearances, firmly imprinted in the memory of Ratu Mawar Hartina. Not because it happened to be the birthday anniversary of Bung Karno, one of the founding fathers of this republic, but because exactly on that Sunday the grand meeting of the Kanoman Court family in Cirebon, West Java, decided that Ratu and her entire family must leave the palace compound.

"I will never forget this day," mused Ra

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