Enmity Without End

Hundreds have died in clashes between Dayaks and Madurese in Sampit. Is it really all down to social jealousy?

February 27, 2001

THESE days it’s become quite normal to see headless torsos in Sampit, East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan. But the bodies strewn by the roadside are not just those of men and women, there are also those of children. On Friday last week, there was an even more disturbing sight: a group of young people on their motorcycles viewing the carnage in a very sarcastic way—and one of the group, a young girl, was carrying the severed

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