THE evening prior to meeting with President Joko Widodo at the Palace on May 31, Bedjo Untung was still listed as a visitor. The following morning, Bedjo was getting ready in the Palace vicinity to enter with the other visitors: participants of the Aksi Kamisan (Thursday Actions) who were promised a dialog with the president. Without knowing why, however, it turned out that Bedjo’s name was scrapped from the visitor’s list.

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