Riots
President Battles, Golkar Burns
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Demonstrations in support of the president turn into anarchy.
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Thousands of people gathered around Golkar's offices in Surabaya that day, its two-story form vaguely reminiscent of a Javanese mansion. They came from cities all over East Java. Yelling "abolish Golkar", some pushed forward in a bid to get inside. Hundreds of police and soldiers tried to prevent them. A group of young kids, armed with sickles, refused to back off. "Go on, shoot me, shoot," they cried.
But the security forces did not. Seizing the opp
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