After the Fire

Police have detained some 190 alleged rioters in East Java. But who was behind the unrest?

June 5, 2001

Pasuruan resembles a war zone. After supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid ran riot last week, this small city in East Java is a vision of ruins and rubble. Any group seen as vaguely anti-Wahid came under attack. The local branches of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and United Development Party (PPP) are virtually level with the ground. Two schools belonging to the Islamic movement Muhammadiyah are in much the same sta...

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