From Six Busy Years
Monday, June 28, 2004
THAT day when the rain began to fall and the streets were empty, he hurried to Monas Square, in the heart of Jakarta. But he was not paying attention to the weather; his eyes quickly captured a scene unusual to the time: 1:30am. Hundreds of soldiers were gathering. At the same arena, dozens of armored vehicles, tanks, and trucks were parked.
Amien Rais had declared his plan to gather a million people at the Monas Square, on the same day as
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