In from the Cold
GAM Field Operations Commander, Teungku Amri, has turned himself in to Indonesian authorities. What are the motives behind his defection?
May 20, 2003
LAST Tuesday, applause reverberated around the meeting room on floor VI of the Department of Political & Security Affairs building on Jl. Merdeka Barat, Jakarta as former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Commander of Field Operations, Teungku Amri bin Abdul Wahab approached the podium. Clad in a short-sleeved maroon shirt, Amri carefully surveyed the room before taking the stand. He stopped to take a deep breath before speaking.
Born in 1970
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