Young Guns and an Old Charge
A pioneer of reformasi, the student movement suffers from internal division. Still, the fight for the supremacy of law remains the movement's rallying cry.
May 20, 2003
HUNDREDS of students crowded the roundabout outside Hotel Indonesia in Central Jakarta on Friday last week yelling slogans calling for the resignation of the government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri. "Down with Megawati and Hamzah!" the demonstrators shouted in unison, referring to the president and her number two. Suddenly two of the demonstrators, knapsacks on their back, ran toward two huge posters bearing the likeness of the president
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