Collateral Damage

Muhammadiyah and PAN activists have become targets of terror. Could it be a spillover from rivalry among the political elite?

May 28, 2001

The heated conflict among the political elite has finally spread to the provinces, dragging the grassroots down into the political quagmire. The spillover of this political adversary is clearly seen in several Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) strongholds in Central and East Java. There's concern that a slight provocation could cause the whole area to flare up.

Take a look at what happened in Tegal, Central Java, when a mass group calling themselves the La

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