Unwanted Waste

The police opened fire on Bojong villagers who refused to allow their village be turned into a garbage dump.

November 30, 2004

THE air was still fraught with tension all the way to the corners of Bojong village, Klapanunggal district, Bogor, last Friday. The residents stared suspiciously at any newcomer to the village located approximately 30 kilometers from Bogor. The surrounding area was beginning to empty of people. The men or groups of youths who normally gathered at the village entrance had dispersed. “Since yesterday, many left. My husband has disappeared for

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