Marsito Mertoredjo, Head of Puja Kesuma Tanah Gayo: One bullet for one enemy

July 1, 2003

MARSITO Mertoredjo, at 69 years of age, still has it all together. He has a strong, firm voice, befitting a battle commander. At the start of 2002, when a group calling themselves the soldiers of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), burnt homes in a number of villages around Takengon, Central Aceh, Marsito urged his fellow citizens to stand up and fight. Because of his bravery, he was elected as head of the Puja Kesuma Tanah Gayo, an association formed

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