Fighting for the Neighbors
Many youths at the border changed their nationality and become members of the Askar Wataniah in Malaysia. Some of them still hold Indonesian identity cards.
March 11, 2008
KIKONG was born 28 years ago at the “far reaches” of Indonesia. Dense jungle separated his home in Suruh Tembawang from the capital of Entikong district, Sanggau, West Kalimantan. It is actually easier to travel to Sarawak in Malaysia. “That is why he went to school there,” said Imran, chief of Suruh Tembawang village.
After graduating junior high school, Kikong worked for a Chinese business proprietor. Having a school diploma from Malay
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