A Sting in Sangatta

Thousands of newcomers enter Kutai National Park. All because of the opening of a road.

October 23, 2007

War between tribes?

That’s what the police in Sangatta, East Kalimantan are concerned about. They are on alert on Jalan Raya Bontang-Sangatta in East Kutai Regency. Plainclothes policemen are reportedly dispersed to villages.

“We must anticipate possibilities of friction among residents,” spokesperson for East Kalimantan Police, Senior Commissioner I Wayan Tjatra, told Tempo, at the beginning of last month.

Since the beginning of the y

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