Relocation, Relocation, Relocation...

Conflict between Madurese refugees and Pontianak locals has erupted again. Now, the refugees are refusing to budge.

July 3, 2001

TEN open-top trucks lined up outside Pontianak's Syarif Abdurrahman Stadium on Monday last week. Dozens of soldiers and police, both fully armed, stood around. Facing them were hundreds of ethnic Madurese refugees—the inhabitants of the stadium, refugees of the unrest in Sambas from three years ago—deliberately squatting on the sidewalk. They carried swords and daggers, some had handmade firearms. The military police units and refugees

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