Voices of Madura and the Dayaks
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
The blood of at least 469 people has stained the ground of Sampit, 456 among them Madurese. Quite a few of them were children.
The past is coming back to life in Sampit. The tradition of headhunting has been revived, like a nightmare from a Dayak legend. The blood that has been spilt cannot be unspilt. But how do you prevent this bad dream from happening again? Here are a few views.
Maj. Gen. (ret) Syamsudin
(Former chairman of the National Hu
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