POLICE in Solo in Central Java are confused by the presence of two claimants to the throne of the Court of Surakarta. Two stepbrothers, KGPH Hangabehi and KGPH Tedjowulan, are both claiming to be the rightful successor to Paku Buwono XII.

On Monday last week, police stopped hundreds of Tedjowulan’s supporters from entering the keraton (palace) before bundling them into trucks to take them away. The mob tried to break through the Sasono Pu