Price to Pay

Can Madurese refugees ousted from Kalimantan at knife-point ever hope to go back? It seems some of them can.

May 22, 2001

Amid grisly beheadings and a campaign of intimidation, thousands upon thousands of Madurese refugees fled Central Kalimantan earlier this year. Many headed to Sampang, in their ancestral home island of Madura. Could they ever go back to Central Kalimantan again?

Few thought so. But amazingly yes, it seems maybe they can. After numerous meetings in Kalimantan, some of the locals have agreed to the idea, at least in principle. But the Madurese wil

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